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‘Dad, I drowned’: Father recounts son’s rescue in viral beach video
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July 31, 2026
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4:06Now PlayingSumit Rai tells “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” he’s forever grateful to Ryder Williams, the 16-year-old lifeguard who pulled his unconscious son from crashing waves off the central California coast last weekend. Rai says he and his child, 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai, are eager to personally thank the teen hero.
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