Teen Boy Dives off of Bridge to Save Woman’s Life

"I thought 'my God, I am the only one that can save her', so I ripped off my shoes and shirt and jumped off the bridge towards her."

From Teen saves woman from suicide in river rescue (Nine News [Australia], 7/23/08):

A 14-year-old boy has become a hero after diving 15 metres off a bridge to save a woman who was trying to commit suicide on far north coast of NSW.

Corey Warburton was walking across the Grafton Bridge when he spotted a neatly folded jumper with a note on top.

The note read: "Sorry boys, the struggle has become too much."

After reading the note, Corey looked into the river to see an elderly woman's body floating face down.

"At first I thought she was already dead, but then I noticed her moving her arm towards her face," Grafton's The Daily Examiner newspaper quotes Corey as saying.

"I thought 'my God, I am the only one that can save her', so I ripped off my shoes and shirt and jumped off the bridge towards her."

The woman initially put up a hard struggle when Corey tried to drag her toward the shore, pushing the young boy away and dragging them both underwater.

"I told her to keep her head up, but she kept pushing me back under and we were both swallowing a lot of water," Corey told The Daily Examiner.

"When she realised I wasn't going to give up on her she turned over and allowed me to drag her 80 metres back to shore."

With the help of police, and a mother and son who later passed by, the woman was pulled up onto the banks of the river.

Sergeant Stephen Marshall told ninemsn Corey was a hero who had gone to an "awesome effort" to save a woman without a thought to his safety.

"It is some leap off that bridge, about 15-20 metres, and a pretty blind jump too," he said.

"To do it instinctively like that is just amazing."

Sgt Marshall said it is likely Corey will be given official recognition for his actions, but a final decision will be made by the police local area command.

The woman was treated in hospital and is in a stable condition.

Thanks to John, a reader, for sending the story.

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