{"id":1350562,"date":"2022-02-28T20:08:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T01:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350562"},"modified":"2022-02-28T20:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T01:08:26","slug":"watch-surfers-rescue-elderly-man-from-being-dragged-out-to-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-surfers-rescue-elderly-man-from-being-dragged-out-to-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Surfers Rescue Elderly Man from Being Dragged Out to Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-surfers-rescue-elderly-man-from-being-dragged-out-to-sea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2019\/01\/australia-trade.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A group of surfers are getting a lot of attention after rescuing an elderly man from being dragged out to sea by rushing water in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at the Northern Beaches, <em>Today<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/today\/weather-update-surfers-rescue-elderly-man-from-sydney-floodwaters\/beb4d1fe-fe42-4a2b-b188-310acc0980eb\">reported<\/a>\u00a0last week, noting that Eugene du Plessis and Fabio Silvestre were watching as the banks of the Dee Why lagoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.environment.nsw.gov.au\/topics\/water\/estuaries\/estuaries-of-nsw\/dee-why-lagoon\">located<\/a> in the Sydney Metropolitan area of New South Wales, burst forth and the water tumbled toward the ocean.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Moments later, the pair noticed a man who had become trapped in the current as he tried to cross the bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0current was really strong, really\u00a0gnarly \u2014 and the water was moving so\u00a0fast \u2014 he couldn\u2019t stand up,\u201d Silvestre recounted to the Australian TV program.<\/p>\n<p>According to 9 News, the waters being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/dee-why-rescue-surf-life-savers-rescue-a-man-being-washed-out-to-sea-in-dee-why-sydney-northern-beaches\/e087b343-b3c7-4e3b-8826-0a127ea0d76e\">released<\/a> from the lagoon is not unusual after heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe started drowning, so I just let my\u00a0board go and tried to call the\u00a0other boys to bring him to the edge.\u00a0The man was so frightened,\u201d Silvestre added.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kblz8yLl18c\">showed<\/a> him holding onto the man as the waters rushed around them before three others jumped into action to assist in the rescue. However, the waves kept pushing them nearer the open water.<\/p>\n<p>The group continued struggling against the current until someone else stepped in to help them. The footage captured the moment the surfers worked together to get him out of the water in the nick of time:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa\">\n<p>\u201cHe was in shock, he didn\u2019t say much, a bunch of guys asked him if he was okay, did he take in water and he was just shaking his head,\u201d du Plessis explained.<\/p>\n<p>The man apparently did not say anything but tried to get back into the water before deciding to leave the area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad we were there, right time, and he went home,\u201d du Plessis concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of surfers are getting a lot of attention after rescuing an elderly man from being dragged out to sea by rushing water in Sydney, Australia. 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