Trump felicitates lifeguard who saved Indian American kid from surf waves

Washi gto ,
Aug
17
(PTI):
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
o
Mo day
felicitated
a
16-yea -old
lifegua d
who
saved
a
10-yea -old
I dia -o igi
boy
f om
getti g
washed
away
at
a
Califo ia
beach
last
mo th.

T ump
welcomed
the
lifegua d,
Ryde
Williams,
a d
his
family
membe s,
a d
the
you g
boy
Natha iel
Rai,
his
siste
Layla
a d
his
fathe
Sumit
Rai
at
the
Oval
Office
i
the
White
House.

“I
wa t
to
co g atulate
Natha iel
Rai
fo
comi g
th ough
a
o deal.
That
mea s
you
a e
goi g
to
have
good
luck
i
life,”
T ump
said.

“You
a e
ve y
lucky
I
was
ot
o
se vice
that
day,”
T ump
said
i
jest
to
Natha iel,
as
he
lauded
William
fo
the
da i g
escue.

O
July
25,
Williams
saved
Natha iel
f om
the
powe ful
waves
that
e gulfed
him
at
Seab ight
Beach
i
Sa ta
C uz,
Califo ia.

“He’s
a
eal
he o,”
T ump
said,
efe i g
to
Williams,
who
was
seated
o
a
chai
ext
to
him.

Williams’
pa e ts,
Sha e
a d
Sha o ,
a d
a othe
lifegua d,
Aa o
Bo i ,
who
assisted
i
the
escue,
we e
also
p ese t
at
the
Oval
Office.

The
video
of
the
da i g
escue,
which
we t
vi al
o
social
media,
was
oticed
by
T ump,
who
a ou ced
that
he
would
i vite
the
lifegua d
a d
his
family
membe s
to
the
White
House.

“It’s
a
amazi g
thi g.
A d
he
is
a
eal
lucky
guy,
too.
God
was
watchi g
you,”
the
p eside t
said,
efe i g
to
Natha iel.

Williams
said
he
saw
the
child
lose
his
footi g
i
a kle-deep
wate
about
20
ya ds
f om
the
towe
he
was
assig ed
to
a d
a
to
escue
him.

“I
those
da ge ous
mome ts
that
we
have,
we
always
t y
to
fall
back
o
ou
t ai i g.
We
a e
t ai ed
so
well
by
ma y
to
ha dle
that
situatio
as
best
we
ca .
So
I
eally
was
thi ki g
about
how
to
get
the
boy
out
of
the
wate
as
fast
as
I
ca ,”
Williams
said.

Natha iel’s
fathe
Sumit
said
he
was
g ateful
to
the
lifegua ds
fo
savi g
the
life
of
his
so .

T ump
said
the
visito s
will
also
be
show
a ou d
P eside t
Ab aham
Li col ’s
bed oom,
which
he
used
as
his
office
a d
Cabi et
Room—whe e
he
sig ed
the
Ema cipatio
P oclamatio .
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