Trump publicly invites heroic Santa Cruz lifeguard to White House
The rescue was captured on video, and officials said Santa Cruz County lifeguards made 34 ocean rescues over the weekend.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced plans to host a 16-year-old lifeguard and his family at the White House to receive a high civilian honor following a dramatic rescue at Seabright State Beach.
- The invitation followed viral video footage from Saturday showing the teen wading into the Pacific Ocean to pull a 10-year-old boy from dangerous surf at the Santa Cruz beach.
- California State Parks lifeguards performed 34 rescues over the weekend as massive swells pounded the coast, with officials initiating 5,000 preventative contacts to warn beachgoers of rapidly changing, deadly conditions.
- Eric Trump first shared the footage online, praising the teen's 'stunning lifesaving skills,' while photographer Scott Vander Dussen urged support for House Resolution 1188 to reclassify lifeguards as first responders.
- The National Weather Service warns of dangerous rip currents along the Pacific Coast through Wednesday, while the teen has reportedly avoided the limelight, turning down interview requests after his courageous efforts.
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Images of an extraordinary rescue captured by a passerby on a California beach are circulating on the web: a rescuer faced the huge waves of the Pacific Ocean to save a ten-year-old boy.
Video recorded on the beach of Seabright State Beach was seen by millions. Donald Trump praised swimmer-savior, classifying him as a "young hero", and revealed that he intends to receive him at the White House.
'Truly the best of America': Viral lifeguard rescue sparks overwhelming praise — and a White House honor
On Saturday, a 10-foot shore-break wave slammed into Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz, California, and pulled a young boy under the water. A 16-year-old lifeguard went in anyway — a decision that, within days, would land him an invitation to the White House.The footage runs about two minutes: the young boy disappearing under whitewater, the lifeguard disappearing with him, both surfacing again — still together — before going under once more.'…
He fought for two minutes with the rage of the sea, dragged by the horsemen along with the bather who was trying to bring to shore. In the end, a 16-year-old lifeguard, helped later by another rescuer, managed to save a contemporary who remained prisoner of the waves on the Seabright State Beach of Santa Cruz, central coast of California. [...] The article "The waves were normal, then changed in a blink of an eye. The young man was overwhelmed a…
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