Baywatch honors teenage lifeguard hero who saved boy in viral video
Photograph: Courtesy Shane WilliamsView image in fullscreenRyder Williams with his father, Shane. Bystanders at one point defied standard public safety advice by trying to help Williams, but they retreated when met with the potent surf.Local photographer Scott Vander Dussen recorded video of Rai’s rescue, and it spread quickly online. Those who were emotionally moved by the footage ranged from Rai’s father, Sumit – who was in his home city of Dallas at the time – to Donald Trump.The president wrote on social media that Williams was deserving of a “high civilian honor”.
- ▪Photograph: Courtesy Shane WilliamsView image in fullscreenRyder Williams with his father, Shane.
- ▪Bystanders at one point defied standard public safety advice by trying to help Williams, but they retreated when met with the potent surf.Local photographer Scott Vander Dussen recorded video of Rai’s rescue, and it spread quickly online.
- ▪Those who were emotionally moved by the footage ranged from Rai’s father, Sumit – who was in his home city of Dallas at the time – to Donald Trump.The president wrote on social media that Williams was deserving of a “high civilian honor”.
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Ryder Williams with his father, Shane. Photograph: Courtesy Shane WilliamsView image in fullscreenRyder Williams with his father, Shane. Photograph: Courtesy Shane WilliamsCaliforniaBaywatch honors teenage lifeguard hero who saved boy in viral video Ryder Williams, 16, presented with distinctive red jacket by star of TV rescuer reboot, Stephen AmellRamon Antonio VargasSat 8 Aug 2026 07.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAs life imitates art and vice versa, the star of the Baywatch reboot recently presented one of the distinctive red jackets seen on the beach rescuer drama to the teenage lifeguard who went viral for saving a boy off the California coast on camera.Stephen Amell, who was cast as the main protagonist for the first season of the new Baywatch scheduled to premiere in early…
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