They did an amazing job, Ms Bourke said. Carter said they saw these two guys sitting on the beach, so they went out and started surfing and the next thing they noticed this guy was screaming out for help. Carter paddled over and said are you all right mate? . He was literally going under, she said. Ms Taylor said Zayde was the first to reach the distressed swimmer who was caught in a rip north of the flagged patrol area. Surf Life Saving Queensland s Sebastien de Paula on the scene of Sunday s drowning where a second man was saved by actions of three local boys.
Heroic groms praised for preventing second Peregian tragedy
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The 67-year-old drowned after he was caught in a rip while swimming at the popular beach. His daughter, Sabrina Hancock, said it was impossible to imagine what life would be like without her father by her side. Dad was his own man, she said. Everyone that knew him felt his energy and he was a force to be reckoned with. He was handsome and had a big twinkle in the eye and was this total contradiction in terms with a magnetic personality. Edouard Hancock sadly died while swimming at Peregian Beach on Sunday. The Beerwah man battled his own demons for more than a decade after living with complications from a brain injury.