Video footage captures a hero surfer saving a 6-year-old girl caught in a riptide

Video footage captures a hero surfer saving a 6-year-old girl caught in a riptide

Chris Greene recently found himself living every parent’s nightmare. While visiting Oceanside Harbor Beach in California, his 6-year-old daughter was playing in shallow water when she was suddenly swept out to sea by a powerful riptide. Greene had warned her just minutes earlier about the current, telling her not to get too close to the nearby jetty. Riptides are often more powerful, persistent, and unpredictable near structures like piers and j…