Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=zf2lfJ9hTDM 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 [tKL2Ru0li4L] Health Updated on August 11, 2026 EDT — Published on August 11, 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 3kU3ZCTFb2m o6N8qFEre5y i765P8bpBKd tYaxg3CTLnl GqxdY6vxjcY CH28zGYWqrW wVOCuxDoX8k nbs9kRVH0tF
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 3kU3ZCTFb2m o6N8qFEre5y i765P8bpBKd tYaxg3CTLnl GqxdY6vxjcY CH28zGYWqrW wVOCuxDoX8k nbs9kRVH0tF