A Blacksburg High School student is among those being lauded for helping two individuals this past weekend after their sailboat capsized at Claytor Lake.
According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), Daniel Bernard, a senior at BHS, and his younger sister, were spending the day on the lake jet skiing. Around 3 p.m., they noticed a sailboat had flipped over, and a lady was hanging onto the boat. She was waving her hands and yelling, so Bernard and his sister went over to help.
A couple had taken out the sailboat from the Claytor Lake Marina before capsizing a short time later.
Bernard and some friends gave the stranded duo a safe ride back to the shoreline and then towed the boat to the marina.
Dispatched to the area, emergency crews watched as the youngsters provided safe passage and a happy ending to what was a dangerous situation.