MIAMI \u2014 A 22-year-old man is being praised as a Good Samaritan after jumping into the Miami River near the Riverwalk in downtown Miami to rescue a man who was struggling in the water.<\/p>\n
Awab Metwally said he didn\u2019t hesitate when it sounded like someone was in danger.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like flying because I know there\u2019s something going on,\u201d Metwally said. \u201cThere was like an emergency. So I have to act.\u201d<\/p>\n
Video shows Metwally running from behind the cameraman before jumping into the water to rescue a man who couldn\u2019t hold onto a ring buoy that had been thrown to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat guy, he was sinking. He was dropping into the water,\u201d Metwally said.<\/p>\n
He said watching others throw a lifesaver without jumping in convinced him he needed to act.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody is doing anything. They\u2019re just throwing to him a lifesaver. Nobody jumped. Nobody did anything. So I said, \u2018This guy is going to die,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Metwally said it wasn\u2019t easy pushing the man to the back end of the yacht.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was hard for me to grab him and to push him all the way to the top of the water, but I did my best,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Metwally said he started swimming at a very young age in Egypt and was a champion swimmer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to my mom and dad, they put me in swimming training since I was a kid. That paid off today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Those lessons have earned him the title of Good Samaritan.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if I see somebody, I will do it for sure again. I get goosebumps really bad, but I will do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Metwally said paramedics performed life-saving measures on the man before taking him to a hospital. First responders have not released any information on the man\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n
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