A seven-year-old boy who was splashing in shallow water at a beach with his twin brother tragically died after being washed out to sea by a monster 10-foot wave.
Two hero police officers, who were both trained lifeguards, stripped off their clothes and swam out to try and rescue the boy at the beach in Napier, New Zealand, on February 21 last year.
A rescue helicopter airlifted little Te Ao Marama Te Pou, but officers Ryan Gordon and Larissa Cowlrick were unable to save him, a coroner s report handed down on Thursday found.
Two police officers stripped their clothes off before trying to to resuscitate the young boy