A child was saved from the ocean in a dramatic rescue after being pulled in by powerful waves.
Footage captured by witness Scott Vander Dussem shows a Santa Cruz lifeguard, who is reportedly 16-years-old, pulling the boy from under the relentless surf on Saturday (25 July).
“It [the waves] caught a lot of people off-guard,” Mr Vander Dussen told NBC Bay Area. “Unfortunately, this young man was overwhelmed and swept out in just a moment’s time.”
A second lifeguard and beachgoers then rushed out to save the boy, who paramedics later evaluated before being released to his parents.
It was one of at least 25 rescues reported Saturday in Santa Cruz County, as huge swells battered the shoreline.
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