An Oklahoma Warden’s quick action saved a man from drowning.On Wednesday, May 11, a man from Lowell, Arkansas, almost drowned if it weren’t for an Oklahoma Game Warden who was in the right place at the right time.According to Game Warden Riley Willman based in Delaware County, the man was swimming with his friend at Flint Creek Water Park about five miles west of the Oklahoma state line.Willman was going to another location when he checked for compliance in a recreation area. When he approached the creek, he heard people yelling for help from the opposite bank.The man’s friend said the man had been sucked under by the vortex created by the water tumbling over the dam. The man had been underwater for several minutes.Willman swam to the vortex but initially was unable to locate the victim."Luckily, he popped up at the right time where I could grab him," Willman said. "When you get sucked into a vortex, it’s kind of like a spin cycle in a washing machine. It kicked him out at just the right moment."Rescuers pulled the victim to the bank and Willman checked the victim’s status."He had blue lips, no pulse. He was dead at that point," Willman said.Willman began CPR and soon he felt a weak pulse. He continued CPR until finally the man’s pulse returned and became stronger.Emergency medical personnel arrived and took the victim to a hospital."He was dead, which is the crazy thing to me," Willman said. "We will always try to render aid, even when things don't look good. You just fall back on your training, and adrenaline takes over. You don't really have time to think."One of Willman’s supervisors, Game Warden Lt. Joe Alexander, said often wardens put themselves in harm’s way to protect residents. "And Warden Willman is certainly no exception. His quick action and determination saved this man's life. We are extremely proud of his heroic actions, risking his own life to save another," Alexander said.Humbly, Willman just said he was doing his job."It was just 100 percent that I was doing my job," Willman said.