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Father of boy saved in dramatic Santa Cruz surf rescue says son 'assumed he was going to die'

Father of boy saved in dramatic Santa Cruz surf rescue says son 'assumed he was going to die'
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The family of the 10-year-old boy rescued by a 16-year-old Santa Cruz lifeguard in a dramatic and heart-pounding viral video is describing the intensely emotional surf rescue for the first time. "Another two of three seconds, I don't think my son would have made it," said Sumit Rai, the father of...

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