Harry Linehan, 13, and his brother Tom, 15, are both members of the Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club. Last Sunday morning, they were training at the beach when a couple 1 and alerted them to a man offshore who was in 2 .
There were no lifeguards 3 , so Tom made a beeline to the man on his racing paddleboard (冲浪板) and shouted to Harry for 4 . And, as any younger brother would, Harry 5 . When the boys got out to the man, they noticed he was 6 to keep his head above water. With great efforts, the boys 7 to get the man on a racing board and 8 pulled him and the heavy kayak (独木舟) back to shore. 9 , the man was OK and did not need further medical assistance. "He 10 us, but he was definitely in a state of 11 ," said Tom.
A representative from Surf Life Saving Club arrived shortly afterwards and was 12 the boys had been able to put their training into 13 . Their father Nathan said his sons had been 14 for situations exactly like this. "The purpose of the organisation (SLS) is to teach people 15 so they can use them when needed. The 16 just put them into action," he said.
Harry has a surf rescue certificate and Tom 17 a bronze medal in a surfing competition only a week before the 18 . "If I didn't have the training I wouldn't have known what to do... you don't realize the skills you have until you 19 them," said Tom. "Anyone with the 20 training would have done the same thing."
