BUDA, Texas — On Saturday, April 26, 16-year-old Mathew Hellums remembers doing maintenance on the family boat at the South Shore Marina on Lake Travis with his parents when the unthinkable happened – a boat fire.
“My vision was just completely covered in orange,” Hellums said.
While Hellums said he and his dad Robby Hellums did not end up in the water, they both saw his mom Earlita floating. Still feeling the heat of the fire, Hellums jumped in to save his mother…