it. all of a sudden, i just hear oh, bleep, he s in the cave. oh, [ bleep ] he s in the cave? and apparently, one of the younger teens that had just arrived had jumped off and his timing couldn t have been worse. all of a sudden, we seen him struggling. and then just the most massive swell of the day that i had seen came rolling. and it turned from oh, my god to oh, my god! stay calm. gary hands the camera back to hillary and heads toward the water. i go down to the water s edge. i m trying to grab his hand. and i jockeyed down deeper into the water. and hold my hand out. the swells were hitting him, taking him under. i started really freaking out. i remember just thinking we re all going to watch this kid drown. gary had put his hand in and was trying to lift this young
we are looking at each other. and that s when i just said, no way, we are not going to let this kid die. no way. so we get up to the side. i start cpr, pumping his chest, turning him on his side. pumping his chest, turning him on his side. gary and i are crying. gary is pumping his chest and his stomach at the same time. and water is just pouring out of the kid. i was just holding his head steady. i was thinking this mentally, and not stopping, and not stopping pretty much until the kid groaned. a helicopter and emts arrive to help the teen. they don t know if he was alive or dead. he was under water for so long and unconscious for so long, not breathing on his own for so long, injust thought there was no way. and when we got him in the harness to be helicoptered out, right at the last second as we hooked him up to the line, he got his legs under him on his
all these things are running through my head all at once. so i just immediately started pumping on his chest, giving him chest compressions. and i gave him a couple of breaths of air, and nothing but foam started coming out of his mouth, bloody foam. and i the whole time i m thinking, he s dead. he s dead. i hear my children screaming, dad, dad, dad. as i m giving him chest compressions, another huge swell starts hitting, which at this point, while i m trying to get water out of him, waves are coming in and just just funneling in his mouth. and gary arrived really shortly after. i get over there and we realize that we have to move this kid. oh, my god. gary and rob carry the teen to higher ground and continue cpr. his eyes are rolled in the back of his head. he s limp. it appears as though he is dead. and there was a moment where we re like, he s dead, he s dead.
own and he blinked his eyes. that was pretty amazing. when rob and gary get back to shore, rob is reunited with his sons. you re a hero. that moment where rob is just, you know, walking up to shore, crying from just exhaustion he s a hero. and his son crying and running up to him. it was amazing. it was really cool. my young son started running to to me and he was crying. your dad s a hero. i broke down crying. and it was it was really intense. it was really intense. but i m here. the 19-year-old victim is taken to a hospital, and makes a full recovery. it s not until the group gets home that they realize that
we re learn more in a news conference that will be monit monitored from phoenix shortly. in california, the governor has declared a state of emergency in lake and napa counties after wildfire forced thousands to flee there. now back to caught on camera. a day at the beach turns into a dangerous rescue mission to save a drowning teen. oh, my god! he had been facedown for so long, i m thinking, if i jump in, if i can t get him on the first try, that s it. july 6th, 2014, rancho palos verdes, california. friends gary golding, robert mcnolte and hillary swanson are planning a day trip to abalone cove a local park along the beautiful ocean front.