The hero of the army who risked his life to save a man from drowning

On the verge of breaking with emotion, Sergeant Fabio González said: "My children do not want heroes, they want a father and my wife wants a husband."

González is the NCO of the

Army

who plays in the video that has become viral on social networks in which he is seen helping a young man a few seconds after being rescued from a creek submerged by heavy rains, near Charata, in the province of Chaco.

The situation that led to the action of Sergeant Gonzalez occurred on the scene of the floods that raged in northern Argentina and that feel particularly strong in the center and south of the Chaco .

The non-commissioned officer traveled by truck to the Mesón de Fierro area to carry out a community support mission to help and evacuate families affected by the floods and to transfer them to a health center. evacuation located in Charata. .

"I think the family gets used to it and supports you because their love is always unconditional," said Gonzalez, who has his own house flooded, which he left to do his job.

"It's not easy to get up at dawn to help those who need it most, they may be better or worse than you, but to choose this job, you must have a vocation. because otherwise it's impossible to be here, "he said. sergeant, who joined the army 17 years ago as a volunteer soldier in the army.

How did the rescue happen?

Sergeant Gonzalez stated that his first attitude was to throw himself in the water to help the man in danger. "When I approached the bridge, I saw many people, I lowered the speed of the truck, I looked through the window of the pbadenger and I saw, in the race, the head of a no one drowning in the water. the bridge and the river were already taking off, "he said.

Then he said that when he had managed to reach the young man, his first reaction was to dive to save him. Then he took it from behind, picked it up and when he turned it over, his lips were purple and he hardly breathed. "The race was awesome, I was dragging everything in. I saw this situation and while the water was dragging us, I realized that I had to put myself behind it, as if I was going to do it. I was seated and I pressed my mouth with all my strength to be able to expel some of the water I had swallowed, "Gonzalez said.

He pointed out that he had given her several pats to wake him up, but in the absence of reaction, he had decided to breathe mouth to mouth. "Thanks to that, he breathed again and tried to reach the coast, where another boy helped me, he did not come to help, I do not know if I'd He had gone, "said the petty officer brutally.

González said he was very excited to apologize to his two-month-old daughter, Olivia, his eldest son Fabio, 14, and his wife Ruth, "for not thinking about it."