On this particular day there was a local boy sitting not too far from where Alex was playing. He finally decided to come over and see if it was ok to play with Alex.
As the afternoon passed, the waves and rip current got extremely rough! I made Alex get away from the water; but the other little boy seemed to be by himself and didn't speak any English. I was watching Alex, who had ventured down the beach to investigate a rock pile and next thing we knew, this other little boy was out in the water and seemed to be in trouble! He apparently had lost one of his sandals and was trying to catch it; but didn't realize the waves were pulling him out too far. I could tell he was having trouble getting up and kept being knocked over by the waves, so I started telling Franklin he was going to have to go in after him! Franklin was thinking the same thing because he was already emptying his pockets and kicking off his shoes. Thankfully, this story had a happy ending and he was able to safely pull the little boy out of the water... sandal and all!! Since everyone was ok... the funny part was Alex, who had run back up to me to see what his Daddy was doing going swimming, and he couldn't?? He told everyone not to worry, his Daddy had been in the Coast Guard and he would bring the boy back to the beach!! Too cute; but one... the people standing around by now couldn't understand a word he was yelling and two... they wouldn't know what the Coast Guard was if they could understand what Alex was saying :o) It didn't matter... Alex and I were proud of him and grateful that both he and the little boy got safely out of the water!
Poor Franklin...
he was freezing and
we had to take him home to thaw out!
we had to take him home to thaw out!