Justin Leland Perry helped save a girl from drowning, Honor, Michigan, July 25, 2020. The girl, 5, was on a float in Lake Michigan when strong winds blew it away from shore. At a point several hundred feet from shore, the float flipped, tossing the girl into the water. Perry, 33, musician, was at the beach and saw the girl in the water. He obtained a partially-inflated, child’s life ring and entered the water, in which there was a strong rip current and 4-foot waves, and swam toward the girl. Perry reached the girl, placed her partially on the life ring and held to her and the ring as he kicked toward shore. Another man entered the lake with a child’s kayak and swam to Perry and the girl. The men placed the girl on the kayak, held to either side, and swam her to shore. The girl was not injured. Perry was nearly exhausted after the rescue; he recovered.
91254-10277Justin Leland Perry
Interlochen, MI