The incredible act of bravery all went down at Santa Rosa Beach in Destin,…He heard the boy screaming and saved him from a riptide.

Here’s what Snow said during an interview TMZ:

“I made it, thank God. And I caught him just by the arm just as a wave started to pull him even further out. If I hadn’t have grabbed him, I think he’d have probably went out to sea. That would have been it.”

Snow also noted that a lifeguard was on duty, but he knew she wouldn’t make it in time, so he took the matter in his own hands and saved the boy’s life.