Hawaii News: Kelly Slater saves baby
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:30 amKelly Slater saves baby
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/31/sport/haw ... index.html
The powerful waves were even enough to force 11-time world champion Kelly Slater on a walk of shame. Unable to paddle out past the enormous breaks, he returned to shore, fortunately putting him in place for a dramatic rescue of an Australian mother and baby.
Sarah Whitey was pushing her toddler Van in a stroller on a sidewalk when they were knocked over by a large wave and swept up in a wall of water. Slater jumped in, grabbed onto the stroller, pulled it upright and helped retrieve Whitey, who had been submerged.
The child's father, photographer Chris Whitey, described the frightening twenty to thirty seconds he couldn't see either his wife or son, and thanked the surfing legend via his Instagram. He said his family was "a little shaken still, but doing great considering," and he was "forever grateful to the great man".
"It was like a tsunami," Sarah told Australian broadcaster Seven News. "The only thing I was thinking of was, I don't want my son to drown, I don't want my son to drown. I just wanted to keep him up, so I just held onto that pram as long as I could," she said. "There was a point where I got bumped and I let go, and that's when I thought, that's it."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/31/sport/haw ... index.html
The powerful waves were even enough to force 11-time world champion Kelly Slater on a walk of shame. Unable to paddle out past the enormous breaks, he returned to shore, fortunately putting him in place for a dramatic rescue of an Australian mother and baby.
Sarah Whitey was pushing her toddler Van in a stroller on a sidewalk when they were knocked over by a large wave and swept up in a wall of water. Slater jumped in, grabbed onto the stroller, pulled it upright and helped retrieve Whitey, who had been submerged.
The child's father, photographer Chris Whitey, described the frightening twenty to thirty seconds he couldn't see either his wife or son, and thanked the surfing legend via his Instagram. He said his family was "a little shaken still, but doing great considering," and he was "forever grateful to the great man".
"It was like a tsunami," Sarah told Australian broadcaster Seven News. "The only thing I was thinking of was, I don't want my son to drown, I don't want my son to drown. I just wanted to keep him up, so I just held onto that pram as long as I could," she said. "There was a point where I got bumped and I let go, and that's when I thought, that's it."
