DEMOPOLIS &8212; Fifteen year-old Ravee Owens was enjoying an evening &8220;hanging out&8221; with his friends near the City Landing, when the group of teens saw a young boy slip into the river and begin struggling to stay above the water.

Owens said with assistance of his friend, they were able to retrieve the nine year-old boy from the water.

Captain Carl Johnson of the Demopolis Fire Department said his crew was dispatched from Station 2 to the landing, where they arrived within two minutes of the call out.

It was apparent from what the children said about the incident that the young child was in need of rescue, Johnson said.

Johnson said EMS officials located the young boy in a neighborhood near the landing and reported the child was not injured.

Owens is first class in the Boy Scouts. He attends New Morning Star Baptist Church. He is the grandson of Eliza Owens.