Two local Georgia Department of Natural Resources law enforcement rangers were hailed as heroes last week by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2916 rescue of a child in the Altamaha River.Corporal Bobby White from Wayne County and Ranger First Class Patrick Gibbs from Long County were honored Dec. 7 with the Governor’s Public Safety Award for Act of Heroism. The rescue took place July 2, 2016 while Gibbs and White were in a boat on “vessel patrol” in Long County “when they observed something unusual bobbing in the water down river and decided to investigate.