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Everyone Saw the Rescue. They Missed This. | Freedom Friday
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- Aug 7, 2026
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Summary
Text the show! A 16-year-old California lifeguard saved a 10-year-old boy from drowning in massive surf. The country celebrated the rescue. His mother celebrated something else: the training that made the rescue possible. When people tried to give her son money, she redirected them toward the Junior Lifeguards program that had spent years preparing him for the moment everyone else saw on video. That got Chad thinking: Why do we spend so much attention on the rescue and so little on the readi...