Bondi Rescue lifeguard reunites with child he saved
A Bondi Rescue lifeguard has been reunited with a child he saved earlier this year.
On New Year's Day, Anthony 'Harries' Carroll helped save the life of eight-week-old Magnes, after the lifeguard was approached by a distraught man who alerted him to a "dead" baby who had somehow fallen and hit his head on the road.
Despite being off-duty after just finished a 13-hour shift, Harries grabbed a defibrillator kit and ran to the child in distress.
With several other lifeguards running to assist while hundreds of beachgoers looked on, Harries desperately attempted CPR before placing a ventilation mask and bag over the baby's face.
Young Magnes was eventually brought back to life and let out a cry before paramedics took over and whisked the baby away in an ambulance.
Ten months on from his miraculous revival, Magnes returned to Bondi Beach with his grateful parents to pay Harries a visit.
The delighted lifeguard shared a video of the heartwarming reunion to his Instagram account, saying the clip, "This little man Magnes I resuscitated and pretty much brought him back to life."
"This is pretty much the greatest day of my lifeguarding career to have this little boy in the tower with me."
The camera then zooms in the boy's parents, as the lifeguard tells them, "This is my dream to do this for you guys, it's the best thing I have ever done in my career."
Harries vowed to help Magnes' parents who have been doing it tough financially.
"I am so grateful and happy that I was in the right place at the right time," he captioned the video on Instagram.
"The family and little Magnes need help as the cost of medical bills have been really hard on the family. I'll do whatever it takes to help his family and this beautiful child."
The incident was featured on the hit Channel 10 show Bondi Rescue earlier this year, where an emotional Harries choked back tears as he relived the harrowing ordeal.
"If this is a baby, this is the most important thing ever," he explains in a piece-to-camera as his eyes welled up with tears.
"Survival of life for a child surpasses anything I've done in my career."
"The father was literally on top of me and to be a father and look up at him and to see water coming out of his eyes."
"You know, a dad to a dad, you just want to give it your all."
Image credits: Instagram