Father of 10-year-old boy breaks silence after viral beach rescue: 'No way I could ever repay him'

Sumit Rai said helium received a telephone telephone nary genitor wants to person aft his 10-year-old lad was swept into the water astatine California's Seabright State Beach.

"My lad [called and] told me, 'Dad, I drowned. I went unconscious.' I'm listening to him, and helium thinks helium is going to die," Rai shared connected Fox News Live.

Nathaniel was lasting connected the bedewed soil adjacent the shoreline erstwhile a question knocked him down and pulled him astir 15 yards into heavy water.

Witnesses accidental the melodramatic rescue lasted acold longer than the viral video shows, with Ryder Williams refusing to merchandise the kid contempt punishing surf. (Scott Vander Dussen/Instagram @Santacruznow)

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Seabright State Beach was nether a precocious surf advisory astatine the time. According to California State Parks, swell conditions generated 4- to 6-foot waves, with sets occasionally reaching 10 feet.

Ryder Williams, a 16-year-old lifeguard stationed astatine Tower 2, spotted Nathaniel losing his footing. In a connection to California State Parks, Williams said helium saw the kid astir 20 yards from the tower.

The 16-year-old radioed successful the situation, near his devices and sunglasses astatine the basal of the tower, and ran toward the enactment with fins strapped to his wrists and a buoy. He past dove into the h2o and swam to scope the boy.

Viral video of the rescue showed Williams holding Nathaniel successful the unsmooth surf.

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"After the archetypal wave, I was incapable to propulsion him retired due to the fact that helium was limp and the waves were pushing truthful hard," Williams said.

About 3 much waves broke implicit the 2 earlier chap lifeguard Aaron Bohnen entered the h2o to assist.

Rai noted that carrying the limp kid required Williams to determination astir 100 pounds done the crashing waves.

"Doing that is remarkable," Rai said. "There is nary mode I could ever repay him."

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Williams and Bohnen brought Nathaniel to enactment and evaluated him for injuries. Rai, who was not connected abrogation with his children, said helium had not yet seen his lad pursuing the rescue.

"The archetypal happening I’ll bash is springiness him a large hug," helium said. "... I’m truthful relieved and grateful for Ryder and his courageousness and heroism and going into that tumultuous information to prevention my son. Without him, my lad wouldn’t beryllium alive."

Witnesses accidental the melodramatic rescue lasted acold longer than the viral video shows, with the teen lifeguard refusing to merchandise the kid contempt punishing surf. (Scott Vander Dussen/Instagram @Santacruznow)

After the video of the rescue garnered nationalist attention, President Donald Trump said Williams deserved a travel to the White House and a nationalist honor.

Asked astir the remarks by Fox News Live big Aishah Hasnie, Rai supported designation for the young lifeguard.

"He perfectly should. I’m for immoderate grant oregon recognition," helium said. "I’m his biggest fan, and I americium truthful grateful for what helium did. My children are precious to maine and thing means much to me."

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump said helium thought the teen lifeguard deserved a travel to the White House pursuing the heroic save. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Reflecting connected the worth of section lifeguards successful the community, Williams said helium feels fortunate.

"I’m grateful to person had the accidental to instrumentality the kid to his household safely," Williams said. "This is my occupation and I emotion what I do. I’m thankful to my chap lifeguards who execute rescues conscionable similar this each day."

California State Parks’ Santa Cruz District lifeguards performed 34 rescues implicit the play and made much than 5,000 preventative contacts on the coastline.