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CARTHAGE — For his life saving effort, Hunter Booth, 12, of Copenhagen, received the National Youth Hero Award Tuesday through the Basset-Baxter American Legion Auxiliary Unit 789.
Copenhagen boy hailed as hero after rescuing drowning child
WWNY Copenhagen boy hailed as hero after rescuing drowning child By Emily Griffin | April 15, 2021 at 2:21 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 9:22 PM
COPENHAGEN, N.Y. (WWNY) - A young man from Copenhagen is being praised as a hero after rescuing a boy from drowning last week.
Hunter Booth is 12 years old. During spring break last week, he was on a family vacation to Florida - a memorable experience that soon turned unforgettable.
“I was just hanging out in the pool, playing around and this little kid comes over and he’s trying to swim over to his sister I think and he kept going over in the deep end and he started just going down and he went fully under,” said Hunter.
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