MARYSVILLE, Calif. — Sgt. Nelson Magana from the Marysville Police Department will be presented with a life-saving award Tuesday after rescuing two women from drowning in June.
The officer was off duty and with friends at the South Yuba river when he heard cries for help and saw no one nearby making any effort to help, according to a Marysville Police Department press release.
Two women swam too far in the river and lost their footing. Upon trying to get help, one woman grabbed onto her friend and began frantically trying to find her footing on a rock.
This caused her friend to be pulled under water multiple times. Magana jumped into the water, separated the women and brought them to shore.
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