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By Josh Massoud
THIS young Rooster is being hailed a hero after he helped pull a drowning man from surging rips on the Central Coast on Sunday evening.
Toyota Cup star Brad Murray grew up far from the salt water in Scone - but that didn't stop the teen playmaker from grabbing his surfboard and dashing into North Entrance beach half-clothed when he saw the man struggling 40 from shore.
"We were actually packing the car to head back to Sydney when a lady came up the driveway screaming about a drowning man," Murray said.
"We raced around to the beach and he was caught in a channel between two sandbars. He was in a fair bit of trouble. I went back and grabbed my surfboard and paddled straight out.
"A lady who was walking on the beach also swam out and we got there at the same time.
"The guy didn't look good. He was barely able to speak. All he said was, 'I thought I was gone'.
"When we got him back to the beach he vomited up a heap of water. His lungs were full."
The man, believed to be in his 20s, was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital for observation. He was understood to be recovering yesterday.
Murray rushed into the water so quickly that he forgot to remove his shorts, which contained an iPhone worth several hundred dollars that was smashed and waterlogged.
The humble saviour wanted to mention his manager Sam Ayoub's son, Jai, and friend Patrick Boyden, both of whom also entered the water.
"They were staying in a house our family has owned for 13 years, and people have drowned in that spot before. I'm always at pains to warn the boys about the rip," Ayoub said.
An avid watcher of Bondi Rescue, Murray said he was keen to supplement his football income with surf lifesaving next season.
By Josh Massoud
THIS young Rooster is being hailed a hero after he helped pull a drowning man from surging rips on the Central Coast on Sunday evening.
Toyota Cup star Brad Murray grew up far from the salt water in Scone - but that didn't stop the teen playmaker from grabbing his surfboard and dashing into North Entrance beach half-clothed when he saw the man struggling 40 from shore.
"We were actually packing the car to head back to Sydney when a lady came up the driveway screaming about a drowning man," Murray said.
"We raced around to the beach and he was caught in a channel between two sandbars. He was in a fair bit of trouble. I went back and grabbed my surfboard and paddled straight out.
"A lady who was walking on the beach also swam out and we got there at the same time.
"The guy didn't look good. He was barely able to speak. All he said was, 'I thought I was gone'.
"When we got him back to the beach he vomited up a heap of water. His lungs were full."
The man, believed to be in his 20s, was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital for observation. He was understood to be recovering yesterday.
Murray rushed into the water so quickly that he forgot to remove his shorts, which contained an iPhone worth several hundred dollars that was smashed and waterlogged.
The humble saviour wanted to mention his manager Sam Ayoub's son, Jai, and friend Patrick Boyden, both of whom also entered the water.
"They were staying in a house our family has owned for 13 years, and people have drowned in that spot before. I'm always at pains to warn the boys about the rip," Ayoub said.
An avid watcher of Bondi Rescue, Murray said he was keen to supplement his football income with surf lifesaving next season.
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