- Sixteen-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams — now speaking out for the first time — is being hailed for saving a boy off the coast of Santa Cruz.
- Williams says he saw the child lose his footing at the waterline and quickly went in to rescue him.
- The rescued boy’s father tells NBC News he is “eternally grateful” to the teen lifeguard.
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