Claudine Senekal,Ladysmith Herald
An unidentified nine year old surfer has been hailed as a hero after rescuing a teenager who got into difficulty in a rip current on the KZN South Coast this weekend.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said that on Sunday afternoon, NSRI Port Edward, SA Police Services, Police Search and Rescue and Medevac ambulance services attended an incident at Trafalgar Beach, KZN South Coast, where two teenagers, a girl and a boy, and two women got into difficulty in rip currents and were swept out to sea. A local unidentified 9 year old surfer, using his surfboard, rescued the teenage boy from the water.