(Sumit Rai via AP)This undated photo taken and provided by Sumit Rai shows his son, Nathaniel, 10, who was the one rescued Saturday, July 25 2026, in Santa Cruz by the teen lifeguard. (Sumit Rai via AP)This undated photo taken and provided by Sumit Rai shows his son, Nathaniel, 10, who was the one rescued Saturday, July 25 2026, in Santa Cruz by the teen lifeguard. (Sumit Rai via AP)This undated photo taken and provided by Sumit Rai shows his son, Nathaniel, 10, who was the one rescued Saturday, July 25 2026, in Santa Cruz by the teen lifeguard. (Sumit Rai via AP)The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son. You have 10 foot waves; you have riptides and currents coming in,” Sumit Rai told The Associated Press on Wednesday.