The 10-year-old boy who nearly drowned after being swept into monster surf in Santa Cruz, California, late last month is sharing new details about the harrowing rescue that led to an unlikely friendship between his family and the teenage lifeguard who pulled him from the water.

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Nathaniel Rai said he lost consciousness and stopped breathing as 16-year-old California State Lifeguard Ryder Williams pulled him from the raging surf in a dramatic rescue captured on viral video. After being brought back to shore, Nathaniel began coughing up sand.

“Two more seconds in the water, he would be thrown another 15, 20 feet…

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