A U.S. Marine veteran saved a man’s life on Long Beach Island over the weekend as dangerous rip currents killed at least three swimmers at the Jersey Shore.
The hero, Stephen Houser, was filming a YouTube video with his family at the beach when he saw swimmer Gabe McCabe fighting a riptide.
Houser alerted lifeguards that swimmers were in distress and then leaped into the Atlantic Ocean with his bodyboard, heading straight for McCabe.
The courageous rescue was caught on camera and posted to Houser’s YouTube channel.
“I was Surfing with my daughter on my TANDM SURF AIR BODYBOARD when I noticed some swimmers in destress [sic]. I waved for the lifeguards to help and jumped into action,” Houser wrote in the video caption. “The TANDM BODYBOARD is not designed to be a life saving device… but it sure worked today.”
“Happy to be in the right place at the right time! I went to LBI today to film a video for Tandm Surf. Ended up helping someone instead,” Houser added.
At least seven deaths were reported along the mid-Atlantic coast over Labor Day weekend as strong rip currents created dangerous conditions for swimmers.
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