Video: Heroic lifeguards rescue boy from pounding California waves

Crowds were gathered on Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz to enjoy warm July weather last weekend when lifeguards jumped into action for a heart-pounding water rescue.

Trump says the California teen who repeatedly disappeared beneath crashing waves while saving a child showed extraordinary courage worthy of national recognition.

A lifeguard at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., battled massive waves to rescue a young swimmer in a dramatic incident captured on camera.

President Trump pledges a White House honor for a 16-year-old lifeguard, Ryder, who bravely rescued a boy from deadly waves off the California coast.

Teen lifeguard Ryder Williams saves child from powerful 10-foot waves  MARCA

A teenage lifeguard braved fierce waves at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz, California, Saturday afternoon to save the life of a boy who had been caught in the surf, according to video taken at the scene.Santa Cruz resident Scott Vander Dussen, who was taking pictures at the beach, alerted a lifeguard when he saw the boy

According to WHO data, about 300,000 people die from drowning every year. Children and young people under the age of 29 account for 57% of all victims.