Robert Cody Moore

Robert Cody Moore rescued a man from drowning, La Porte, Texas, December 31, 2021. The man, 63, remained inside his vehicle after it drove off a ferry landing into the Houston Ship Channel. Moore, 54, energy trader, was nearby at a restaurant when he was notified of the car in the water. He immediately ran to the edge of the landing. After quickly assessing the situation, Moore jumped into the channel 8 feet below and swam about 20 feet to the vehicle. After finding all doors locked, Moore called out instructions to the man as the vehicle rapidly sank. A current was also pulling the car toward a buoy on the side of the landing. As Moore watched the water rise to cover the man’s head, the driver’s window opened halfway and the man exited on his own in front of him. Moore immediately grasped the man by his collar and instructed him to float on his back as Moore held him to his chest. After swimming back to the landing and finding no egress point, Moore swam with the man around 30 feet back to the buoy, where they held onto it by its chains and waited for assistance. Moore’s neighbor and the neighbor’s son arrived at the landing and tied shirts together to extend down to the water. Moore then swam the 30 feet back to the landing, grasped the shirt rope with his left hand while still supporting the man with his right arm, and was dragged to the opposite side of the landing, where the man was pulled up by the neighbors and eventually rescue crews. The man was transported from the scene in an ambulance. Moore, who climbed out of the water on his own, recovered from fatigue and several minor cuts.