https://www.foxnews.com/us/father-10-year-old-boy-breaks-silence-after-viral-beach-rescue-no-way-i-could-ever-repay-him
2 days ago · Media Father of 10-year-old boy breaks silence after viral beach rescue: 'No way I could ever repay him' Ryder Williams dove into 4- to 6-foot waves to rescue 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai as sets ...
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16018179/Ryder-Williams-lifeguard-Nathaniel-Rai.html
4 days ago · A 16-year-old lifeguard credited with saving a 10-year-old boy from monstrous waves over the weekend has spoken out about the frightening ordeal. Ryder Williams sprang into the water at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon after he spotted Nathaniel Rai, 10, struggling to stay above the dangerous surf. 'After the first wave, I was unable to pull him out because he was limp and ...
https://abc7news.com/post/santa-cruz-surf-rescue-father-boy-saved-teen-lifeguard-says-son-assumed-he-was-going-die/19598002/
5 days ago · The family of the boy rescued by a Santa Cruz lifeguard in a dramatic viral video described the intensely emotional surf rescue for the first time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/16-old-lifeguard-breaks-silence-140337000.html
5 days ago · Last week, Ryder Williams rushed into the water when he realized that Nathaniel Rai had quickly lost his footing in ankle-deep water and been swept into deep water by powerful waves.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/boy-rescued-california-surf-video
5 days ago · Father of 10-year-old rescued in a dramatic scene captured on video says lifeguard saved his son ‘Super proud’: father of teen lifeguard recounts dramatic ocean rescue The father of a 10-year ...
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16015355/California-drowning-rescue-Nathaniel-Rai-Ryder-Williams.html
5 days ago · A ten-year-old visiting California with his family briefly lost consciousness and went limp amid ferocious waves – before a teenage lifeguard dramatically rescued him. Nathaniel Rai, of Dallas, Texas, had waded into the ocean while on vacation with his mother and sister at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday. After a sneaker wave swelled much farther up the beach than expected, the ...
https://people.com/father-is-forever-grateful-to-lifeguard-who-saved-his-son-from-rip-tide-12030980
4 days ago · The father of the boy who was rescued from dangerous waves at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz by a 16-year-old lifeguard says he’s ‘forever grateful’ to the teen for helping his son.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/father-boy-rescued-pounding-california-surf-grateful-teen-135216640
5 days ago · Rai’s son Nathaniel was standing in shallow water when he lost his footing and was pulled into the ocean Saturday by powerful swells that suddenly came ashore at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz, about 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) down the coast from San Francisco.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ryder-williams-nathaniel-seabright-beach-rescue-b3024396.html
5 days ago · Video of the dramatic rescue at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz has been viewed around the world after 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams sprinted into pounding waves to reach Nathaniel Rai, who ...
https://nripulse.com/dad-i-drowned-teen-hero-saves-child-swept-away-by-massive-waves/
1 day ago · NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Santa Cruz, CA, August 3, 2026 — "Dad, I drowned." Those were the haunting words 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai told his father after a terrifying ordeal in which he was swept into the Pacific Ocean by powerful waves and rescued by a 16-year-old lifeguard who has since been hailed as a hero. Nathaniel, who was visiting Santa...