Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://eevb.net/video/WHuXVkt4h9X.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Father of boy saved in dramatic CA surf rescue says son assumed he was going to die [RtCjF7slpCv] Health Updated on August 05, 2026 EDT — Published on August 05, 2026 EDT The family of the boy rescued by a 16-year-old Santa Cruz lifeguard in a dramatic and heart-pounding viral video described the intensely emotional surf rescue for the first time. "Another two of three seconds, I don't think my son would have made it," said Sumit Rai, the father of the rescued 10-year-old, Nathaniel. Rai said he received a phone call Saturday night that he never expected. His son, Nathaniel, who was vacationing in California with Rai's wife and 8-year-old daughter, told him he had been involved in a drowning accident earlier that day. READ MORE: 2qwNWKhOxA2 MbfKunzmuIC fjQbt5BSyKO ugk2L2qYW5P xZ5cgvKkuLD
The family of the boy rescued by a 16-year-old Santa Cruz lifeguard in a dramatic and heart-pounding viral video described the intensely emotional surf rescue for the first time. "Another two of three seconds, I don't think my son would have made it," said Sumit Rai, the father of the rescued 10-year-old, Nathaniel. Rai said he received a phone call Saturday night that he never expected. His son, Nathaniel, who was vacationing in California with Rai's wife and 8-year-old daughter, told him he had been involved in a drowning accident earlier that day. READ MORE: 2qwNWKhOxA2 MbfKunzmuIC fjQbt5BSyKO ugk2L2qYW5P xZ5cgvKkuLD