Bemidji Teen Hero

(AP)  A Bemidji teen is the man of the hour in the northern Minnesota town. 

14-year-old Brett Hartje was riding his jet ski on Lake Bemidji this past weekend when he spotted a swimmer in distress. 

Apparently, the 28-year-old man jump off his pontoon boat to retrieve a towel which had blown into the water.  His anchored boat was blowing away from him faster than he could swim to it, and the people on the boat couldn't get the motor started.

By the time young Hartje caught up to the man, all he could see was an arm sticking out of the water.  Hartje hoisted the man onto his jet ski and ferried him back to the pontoon boat. 

The man refused medical treatment.