PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. – A Florida shark fisherman is being called a hero after using a drone to save a teen caught in a rip current.
Andrew Smith was fishing on Pensacola Beach when a girl ran up to him screaming for help.
The girl said her friend was drowning, so Smith sent a drone to help. After a failed attempt, Smith was able to drop a flotation device right into the girl’s hands.
“If it wasn’t for that second drop, she wouldn’t have made it. The EMS said she wouldn’t have made it, the cops and the lifeguards,” Smith said.
The teen is OK and her family called Smith a “guardian angel.”
Watch the video at the very top of this story.