Hero teen

This is Paul Janensch with a Treasure Coast Essay about a 16-year-old hero.  At about 8:30 p.m. on January 23^rd, Jacob Ursin, a Vero Beach High School student, saw a car had plunged into a lake near his home in the Grace Grove subdivision.  The air temp was 48.  The lake depth was up to 22 feet.  Jacob called 9-1-1, jumped into the water and swam 150 feet to the vehicle.  The man and woman inside thrust a little girl into his arms.  He made it back to shore with her.  Meanwhile, Indian River County sheriff’s deputies rescued the male driver and a woman passenger.  The man later died.  The woman, who was the girl’s mother, survived.  So did the girl, 2-year-old Alaysia Paschal.  Jacob, a member of the sheriff’s Explorers group, said he just wanted to help.  I’m Paul Janensch.