A 21-year-old man drowned an hour after his baptism whereas making an attempt to rescue a teenage woman struggling to remain afloat in a north Texas lake.
Lincer Lopez had simply been baptized in Lake Waxahachie on Saturday afternoon when the woman started to drown at round 12:45 p.m., Lopez’s household advised WFAA.
Lopez instantly jumped in to assist her, but additionally started to wrestle within the water, The Waxahachie Police Division mentioned.
A boater pulled the woman from the lake and carried out CPR, reviving her. She and Lopez had been rushed to a neighborhood hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.
“He was a hero,” Lopez’s uncle, Jacobo Lopez, advised WFAA in Spanish.
“He didn’t suppose twice about rescuing another person. He didn’t take into consideration the danger that he may die. And he did danger his life to avoid wasting any individual else’s,” he added.
Lopez and the teenage woman had been each half of a giant church group from Garland who had been having fun with the lake after a number of baptisms had been carried out.
The 21-year-old had been so enthusiastic about his baptism that he wasn’t capable of sleep the night time earlier than, his uncle mentioned.
Jacob Bell, the boater who pulled the woman from the lake and gave her CPR, was nonetheless reeling after saving her life.
“I haven’t actually begun to — it hasn’t sunk in but,” he advised WFAA. “It’s exhausting.”
Bell advised the outlet that his brother drowned when he was simply three years outdated, and he couldn’t think about the ache Lopez’s household is experiencing.
“He was a hero, he had simply been baptized and gave his life to the lord, and our household, we pray for his household, and we pray for the little woman’s household,” Bell mentioned.
“And he was a powerful boy, they need to be very happy with him.”
Lopez’s household mentioned he labored in building and would ship a refund to his dad and mom and siblings nonetheless residing in Mexico. They’ve launched a GoFundMe marketing campaign to lift cash to ship his physique to them.
Waxahachie is positioned about 30 miles south of Dallas in northern Texas.
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