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image captionJack and Theo put the girls on their surf boards and paddled them to safety
Teenaged surfers who rescued two girls from drowning have said the praise they received has been absolutely crazy .
Jack Walton, 14 and Theo Spiteri, 15, from Cardiff, pulled the girls out of the water off Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot, on Saturday.
The pair tried to keep the girls calm as they paddled them back to safety on their boards.
Port Talbot Coastguard said they had undoubtedly helped to save two lives .
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, the cousins described how they grabbed their boards and rushed into the water after calls for help on the beach, just before 17:00 BST on Saturday.
Teenage surfers save two young girls from drowning in sea off Welsh coast
The boys leapt into action as they spotted two girls struggling in the water
13:32, 25 APR 2021
Jack (right) and Theo (left) were praised for their actions (Image: Joanne Spiteri)
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Two teenage surfers save two swimmers from drowning in sea off Aberavon beach
The cousins worked hard to paddle the two young girls back to shore
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The quick thinking of two teenage surfers undoubtedly saved two young girls from drowning in the sea on Saturday afternoon. Theo Spiteri, 15, and his cousin Jack Walton, 14, both from Cardiff, reacted without thinking when they spotted two girls struggling in the water at Aberavon beach some 150m away from the shore.