14-year-old Montana boy uses Rodeo Lasso to save drowning man on camping trip

Jory Thomas used his rodeo lasso skills to save a man from the fast-moving Yellowstone River (Screengrab: KTVQ news) A family camping trip along Montana's Yellowstone River turned into a life-saving rescue by a 14-year-old boy. The teenager usedthe roping skills he had learnt on a ranch to pull a struggling man out of the fast-moving water.Jory Thomas was camping with his family near Greycliff on July 5 when they suddenly heard someone shouting for help from across the river. Within moments, the teenager realised that a group of people had been thrown into the river and one man was being carried away by the strong current.Jory did not wait for the emergency crews and acted immediately. Carrying a 12-foot lariat that he had brought with him that day, he ran along the riverbank, caught up with the drifting man and successfully roped him on his first attempt. He then slowly pulled the man towards the shore until first responders arrived.Holiday takes unexpected turn Jory recalled the moment everything changed. "We all heard, 'Help, help,'" he said, as quoted by KTVQ. "There's two or three people floating down the river, one hanging on to the cooler, and he wasn't saying anything," he ...