16-year-old surfer Rescues Three Men From A Dangerous Rip Current

Kayla Smith, a teenage surfer from New Jersey, rescued three men from a rip current in Bay Head.

The 16-year-old was waiting for her mother to pick her up from the beach, when she noticed the three swimmers struggling to stay afloat.

According to NBC New York:

The dangerous rip current conditions made the rescue difficult but Smith, who has been surfing since she was 11 years old, figured out a way to get all the men and herself to safety.

“I was worried about them more than myself because I could tell that they were probably sipping on water from the ocean and everything. They couldn’t catch their breath,” Smith said.

“I was like, ‘I’ll balance the board for you guys, just kick to help me get in,’ because there’s no way I could have pulled them,” she said. “No one could touch out there because there was probably like a 10-foot drop.”

Check out the full story here. Also, don’t sip on seawater.