Bodycam shows rescue of two boys seconds from drowning
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Blackpool, UK - Footage shows the children, Subby, 10, and another boy aged 12, clinging to the structure as the water rushed around them on May 28.
They had been on a family day out when they became stranded by the fast-rising tide and clung on for around 40 minutes.
Their mum, Zully, from Leeds, had tried to wade out to reach the boys but was pushed back by the waves.
Her 21-year-old nephew, Ted, also tried to reach the pair and clung to the pier supports but became stranded himself.
Zully said she was left watching as her son began disappearing under the water.
She said, 'I knew he’d cling on if he could hear my voice telling him not to let go, but by now the water was rising fast, and I could see him going under.'
'It didn’t feel real; it was like I was in some kind of helpless dream—a nightmare.'
‘I could see my nephew hanging on, but I could see the fear in his eyes. I could see my boy submerged next to the poles of the pier.’
The volunteer crew was able to reach the boys in just a few minutes and took them to paramedics waiting at the shore.