Adem Qorri

Adem Qorri died helping to rescue Carson Furness from drowning, Tarpon Springs, Florida, March 26, 2023. Carson, 6, and his 10-year-old brother were caught in a fast-moving, eastward current in the Gulf of Mexico near the southern tip of Anclote Island. Qorri, 39, auto mechanic, was nearby on an anchored boat with the boys’ father. After witnessing the boys drift quickly into water about 10 feet deep, Qorri jumped off the boat, ran approximately 90 feet across shallow water and sand created by low tide, and then swam about 225 feet to Carson. The boys’ father followed Qorri, but swimming about 150 feet to Carson’s brother. After reaching the brother and swimming him to calmer water near the shore, the father witnessed Qorri face down in the water with Carson hanging onto his back. A tour boat pulled up next to Carson and Qorri, and the captain lifted Carson onto the boat. Unable to then pull Qorri aboard, the tour boat captain jumped into the water to support him and keep his head above the surface. A private speed boat arrived, and the tour boat captain and the private boat captain pulled Qorri aboard the private boat and started chest compressions as they began the 3-mile journey to the closest boat ramp. Carson and his brother were not injured. Qorri was immediately put into an ambulance and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He had drowned.