Stephen Houser, 35, who was out with his family, was filming a YouTube video of him surfing when he spotted Gabe McCabe struggling in the water off Sea Bright beach.
Stephen Houser, a US Marine veteran, rushed into the ocean to rescue Gabe McCabe, who had gotten trapped in a riptide on the Jersey Shore over the Labor Day weekend.
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