Schoolboys hailed as heroes after using paddleboard to rescue man

Schoolboys hailed as heroes after using their paddleboard to rescue man who fell from inflatable dinghy off Essex coast

• Alex Wayman, 10, and brother Jack, 14, were on a trip West Beach in Shoebury
• They heard cries for help from the man’s family and paddled out to help him
• Southend coastguard commended the boys’ ‘bravery and instinct’
• The man was taken to hospital and is still recovering from the incident

Two schoolboys have been hailed as heroes after they used their paddleboard to rescue a man who had fallen from an inflatable dinghy in strong currents off the Essex coast.

Alex Wayman, ten, and brother Jack, 14, were on a family trip to West Beach in Shoebury when they heard cries for help from the man’s family.

Two schoolboys have been hailed as heroes after they used their paddleboard to rescue a man who had fallen from an inflatable dinghy in strong currents off the Essex coast. (Stock photo)

‘It was at that point that my boys paddled out to help him,’ said their mother Lorna Croarkin, 40. ‘He tried to climb on to the kayak but it was too much weight for them so they directed him to hold on to the paddleboard and kick, and they paddled back. . . I don’t think he would’ve survived if the boys hadn’t intervened.’

She added that she was ‘incredibly proud’ of her sons. Southend coastguard commended the boys’ ‘unselfishness, bravery and instinct’. The man was taken to hospital and is recovering.

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