"Surfers in Santa Cruz are being lauded as heroes after they swam toward a capsized boat and pulled six injured people onto their boards until emergency crews arrived. Droves of surfers were catching large waves Feb. 6 at Steamer Lane, a famous point along California's Central Coast, when a small motor boat barreled by and collided with a wave, throwing two adults and four children into the water."
"I basically live at that beach I'm there almost every day and that's one of the craziest things I've seen, said Vince Tuzzi, who was filming the surfers when the boat capsized. Tuzzi said he knew something was about to go terribly wrong when he saw the fast-moving boat out of the corner of his eye. Afterward he watched as about 10 surfers, two of them just 14 years old, got the people to safety."
"Among those who came to the rescue was Darryl Flea Virostko, a three-time winner of the Mavericks big wave competition. I knew they went down and it was time to paddle in as quickly as possible, Virostko said in an Instagram post. Man it feels good to have a surfing community go into action together as one team. He said he pulled the adult man onto his board while he cried out for his kids."
Surfers in Santa Cruz swam toward a capsized motorboat and pulled six injured people onto their boards until emergency crews arrived. The collision occurred Feb. 6 at Steamer Lane when a small motor boat barreled into a wave, throwing two adults and four children into the water. Several passengers were not wearing life jackets, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department. About 10 surfers, including two 14-year-olds and big-wave competitor Darryl Flea Virostko, brought the injured to safety. Harbor patrol boats and ambulances arrived within minutes and transported the passengers to a hospital, where they are recovering. Fire Chief Rob Oatey personally thanked participating surfers.
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