An 11-year-old Kentucky boy is being praised as a hero after fearlessly diving into a swimming pool to rescue a drowning man when no one else stepped in.

Avory Woolery sprang into action after spotting an unidentified man submerged at a Lexington apartment complex pool around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, according to local news outlet WKYT.

“I was like, somebody’s gotta do something. No one was doing anything, so I put on my goggles. I went underwater. I grabbed him up,” Woolery told the outlet.

The boy said he noticed the man was “unconscious under the water, almost shaking,” and that was when his “adrenaline kicked in.”

“There was no way that I was going to let another man di£ today. He’s a human being. He should be treated as such,” Woolery said.

Another person at the pool helped him pull the victim from the water onto the pool deck, where efforts to save him continued until emergency responders arrived.

“His friend, I believe, put him on the floor and started doing CPR on him to try and save him the best he could, until somebody called 911,” Woolery recalled.

The Lexington Fire Department said the man was rushed to the hospital in serious condition but did not provide details about his injuries. His condition as of Friday, July 3, was unknown.

The boy’s courageous actions have drawn widespread praise on social media, with many commending him for his bravery and quick thinking.

“What a very brave young man!!” one Facebook commenter wrote.