Trump honours teen lifeguard who risked life saving 10-year-old, jokes to rescued boy: 'I don't know if I'd do it...'
Ryder Williams, 16, pulled 10-year-old Nathanial Rai from pounding surf at Santa Cruz's Seabright Beach in a rescue caught on camera that went viral in late July. Weeks later, both boys sat across from Donald Trump on a gold couch in the Oval Office as the president praised the teenager.
16-year-old lifeguard, Nathanial Rai, was honored at the White House by US President Donald Trump for saving a 10-year-old boy during a rescue off the California coast. The dramatic rescue, witnessed on viral footage, showed Nathanial Rai clinging to the lifeguard as powerful waves battered the area. During the ceremony, Trump remarked that he didn't think he would have been brave enough to perform the same heroic act.
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