The daring episode unfolded on Cypress Beach in California on Saturday, when the teenage lifeguard risked his own life to save the boy being battered by the ocean currents.

A terrifying video shows a rescue at a Santa Cruz beach when a child was swept into powerful waves, prompting a 16-year-old lifeguard to save the child’s life.

A child was saved from the ocean in a dramatic rescue after being pulled in by powerful waves. Footage captured by witness Scott Vander Dussem shows a Santa Cruz lifeguard, who is…