Teen lifesaver's heroic rescue after cliff jump
A teen lifesaver has been praised for her heroic effort to rescue three boys stranded in a cave, after a cliff jump went wrong.
With temperatures soaring up to 37C near the coast in Sydney, many locals decided to go to the beach to escape the heat. One group of teenage boys decided to go cliff jumping over the Warriewood Blowhole, north of Manly.
But, things started to go wrong when one 15-year-old boy slammed his head on the water after diving from the cliff, leaving him semi-unconscious.
As his two friends clambered over rocks to move him into a cave below the cliff, the trio quickly became stranded as waves pounded the rocks.
Lifesaver Saskia Rundle Towbridge, 16, was quick to jump into action, hopping into the rubber duck and bravely manoeuvring her way through rough waves to rescue the boys.
“The waves were pretty big, especially when I was coming in,” she told Nine.
“I got thrown up against them, and the cord of my rescue tube was stuck on the rocks, so I was being battered for about two minutes.”
She eventually made it onto the rocks and was able to swim the boys back to the boat.
The injured teen was treated by lifesavers before an ambulance was called, as he was disoriented and couldn't remember where he was.
The 15-year-old was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital and is in a stable condition.
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