Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=6NRdXZXSyfh Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Father of boy saved in dramatic Santa Cruz surf rescue says son assumed he was going to die [ebfXZugO9B6] Health Updated on August 08, 2026 EDT — Published on August 08, 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. Sumit was at home at Texas while his son Nathanial and daughter were on vacation in California with their mother. He found out about the incident after his son called him and told him he had nearly drowned. "He assumed he was going to die." #surf #rescue #lifeguard #ocean #santacruz #california uHSo7lIHjTp yU4H5ffEj0L UsL76QEJfkB 6I6rx9HB5Fv 3awOYb4eIlE Jj8kpa7gbAQ ncsPmAp141Q
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. Sumit was at home at Texas while his son Nathanial and daughter were on vacation in California with their mother. He found out about the incident after his son called him and told him he had nearly drowned. "He assumed he was going to die." #surf #rescue #lifeguard #ocean #santacruz #california uHSo7lIHjTp yU4H5ffEj0L UsL76QEJfkB 6I6rx9HB5Fv 3awOYb4eIlE Jj8kpa7gbAQ ncsPmAp141Q