There are good people in the world. (Picture:Facebook/Sara Melnicoff)

Sara Melnicoff was taking her dog, Carli, for a walk along Mill Creek in Utah when something terrible happened: Carli fell into the water and was swept away by the rapids.

Sara immediately started running along the creek desperately calling Carli’s name. She had just reached a point where she could jump in and was about to take off her shoes when a man appeared.

That man was Bobby L’Heureux. He immediately stripped off, made his way along the slippery rocks, and plunged into the water.

Mill Creek, Utah, where Carli fell in. (Picture: Alamy)

Thankfully he was able to get a hold on Carli some way down the stream and pull her to shore.




When Carli was eventually reunited with Sara, she was ‘shaking like a leaf and didn’t have much energy left’.

Sara was so blown away by Bobby’s bravery – and incredibly grateful to him for rescuing Charli – that she asked Bobby for his preferred charity so she could make a donation to his name. So this story has two good deeds in one go.

Sara shared her story – and urged others to donate to the charity Bobby runs, Big Heart, Big Hands – on Facebook, where it has already been shared more than 4,000 times.

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