Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=O2zjH69byaG 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 [8mvvrIv9zh1] Health Updated on August 09, 2026 EDT — Published on August 09, 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: QGECAk2DLDh Xvy60aDEQ6X vnMCQKyfLC7 f3I4NJNPnsJ 2fE09qR7fDs
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: QGECAk2DLDh Xvy60aDEQ6X vnMCQKyfLC7 f3I4NJNPnsJ 2fE09qR7fDs