President Donald Trump welcomed a teenage lifeguard and the young boy he rescued to the Oval Office, honouring their dramatic encounter after the child was pulled unconscious from dangerous ocean waves. The visit turned into a celebration of the boy's birthday, marking what his family described as a miraculous recovery following the near-drowning off the coast of Santa Cruz, California.

Ten-year-old Nathaniel Rai had passed out in the surf before being saved by a quick-thinking teenage lifeguard, and he was later joined by his father, Sumit Rai, in appearing on Fox News to recount the ordeal and their meeting with the president. The White House visit gave the family the chance to publicly thank both Trump and the young rescuer for their roles in the boy's survival.