Montana teen throws lasso to man in Yellowstone River in split-second rescue
A 14-year-old rancher-in-training in Montana used skills he had practised for months to lasso and rescue a man who was drowning in the Yellowstone River after a rafting incident. The teenager said he felt he had been put in the right place at the right time, and his quick action with a rope likely prevented the man from being swept further downriver or drowning.
The rescue occurred during a rafting trip on the Yellowstone River, with the teen reacting in a split second to throw his lasso to the struggling man. The article credits his cowboy training for giving him the presence of mind and technical ability to perform the rescue successfully.
- Montana teen, 14, lassoed a drowning man from the Yellowstone River.
- He credited months of practising cowboy roping skills for the rescue.
- The man was pulled to safety after a rafting incident on the river.