A man who was eating dinner with his family at a pier at Sunny Isles Beach jumped off the pier to save a young woman who was struggling against a strong current.
Sunny Isles Beach Police said 27-year-old Javier Fernandez was with his wife and child at the Beach Bar restaurant at Newport Pier Thursday night when he began hearing screams for help.
Rose Cireus, 19, had entered the water near the pier when she noticed her 23-year-old sister in distress. Cireus helped get her sister to shallow water but was pulled out by the strong currents, officials said.
She began going under water and started screaming for help. That's when Fernandez jumped off the pier into the water to save her from the currents.
Cireus was taken to Aventura Hospital. Police are now calling Fernandez a hero.
