This is the incredible moment a Florida fisherman saved a young girl from drowning in a riptide by using a drone to drop a life preserver.

Andrew Smith, of Pensacola, was scouting the water off Fort Pickens Beach for sharks with his SwellPro Fisherman Max drone when he spotted a young girl, who was not identified, caught up in a riptide, Fox 4 Now reported.

'There was this girl screaming: "Can anybody swim?"' he recalled to the outlet.

Smith, who cannot swim, was desperate to help her when he noticed several life preservers on the beach on Thursday.

Using his drone, he grabbed one and flew it to the girl.