

"A kid that just had the presence in mind to just do that, it's just special to see," Brian said. Have the app? Unlock AccuWeather Alerts™ with Premium+īauer's father, Brian Zoya, told WJXT that he was thankful for Wiles' quick thinking for helping save his son. "I was scared.I didn't know what to do, so I was thinking about something happy." So I kind of lifted up a little bit," Bauer told WJXT. So I held my breath and I feel like I couldn't touch the ground. So, I decided to run in there and grab him out of it."Īlthough the whole encounter only lasted for a few seconds, Bauer told WJXT that it felt like 10 minutes. "At first I was freaked out myself until I saw him trapped in it. "I've never seen anything like that my whole entire life, on or off the field," Wiles told NBC2.

Aidan Wiles, a 17-year-old umpire, rescues 7-year-old Bauer Zoya from a dust devil on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
