{"id":519232,"date":"2026-08-02T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=519232"},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:09:29","slug":"teen-lifeguard-recounts-dramatic-ocean-rescue-in-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/teen-lifeguard-recounts-dramatic-ocean-rescue-in-santa-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen lifeguard recounts dramatic ocean rescue in Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sixteen-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams is being praised after helping rescue a swimmer in Santa Cruz, California, and is using the experience to raise awareness about the dangers of rip currents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams credited a fellow lifeguard for assisting in the rescue and emphasized the importance of understanding ocean conditions before entering the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wish more people knew about ocean conditions and rip currents,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The teen also noted that lifeguards perform thousands of rescues along California\u2019s coastline and around the world each day, describing such emergencies as a routine part of their job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams is being praised after helping rescue a swimmer in Santa Cruz, California, and is using the experience to raise awareness about the dangers of rip currents. Williams credited a fellow lifeguard for assisting in the rescue and emphasized the importance of understanding ocean conditions before entering the water. \u201cI wish more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":519233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[40230],"class_list":["post-519232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2b4I","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_3810.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_3810.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}