1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:00,280 Captions by Red 2 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:00,440 Captions by Red Bee 3 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000 OSHER GUNSBERG: On Bondi Rescue... 4 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,080 Come in, please! 5 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,160 Naughty, naughty! 6 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,080 ..Harries meets his match. 7 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:11,600 (HARRIES LAUGHS) 8 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,240 New Year's Day, when celebrations go wrong. 9 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:18,320 I'm gonna take you up to the tower. 10 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:22,200 This guy is the drunkest I've seen in quite a long time. 11 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,720 And... (HORN TOOTS) 12 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,520 Hey, hey! Hey! Move, move! Move! 13 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,320 I get this call. There's a baby dead up on the road. 14 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,200 ..a tiny baby, 15 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,680 no breath, no pulse. 16 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,040 (TEARFULLY) I've got this baby in front of me. 17 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,000 Everything was that moment. 18 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,160 SONG: # Take me back to the 19 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:46,840 # Sweet times, the hot nights 20 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,120 # Everything is gonna be alright 21 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,720 # In the summertime 22 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,120 # Baby, in the summertime 23 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,760 # That is where I'll be. # 24 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,440 (FUNKY MUSIC) 25 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,360 (MEN CHEER) 26 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:08,600 New Year's Eve. 27 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,440 Despite the weather, lifeguards anticipate 28 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,400 one of the busiest days of the season. 29 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,120 But some things they can't anticipate. 30 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,520 (AIR HISSES) (GROANS) 31 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,280 Flat tyre on New Year's Eve? That's the last thing we need. 32 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,840 Luckily, Beardy knows what he's doing. 33 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,240 After I left school, I did my trade as a mechanic 34 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,000 and unfortunately, I broke my back surfing. 35 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,480 And then, yep, bit hard to do that with that sort of injury. 36 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,680 And started training with lifeguards 37 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,240 that were my mates working down here 38 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,280 and I started on the lifeguards. 39 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,000 Our buggies...are some...are vital. 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,600 Like, they've saved so many people over the years 41 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,040 just through getting access to them quicker. 42 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:58,960 Yep, we're good to go. 43 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,440 Been a long time since I've been in the workshop, 44 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,160 but I definitely know where I wanna be, and it's on the beach. 45 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,960 As lifeguards prepare for New Year chaos, 46 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,600 Harries is gearing up for a celebration of his own. 47 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,120 It's New Year's Eve, 48 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,440 and in the new year, I'll hit my milestone 49 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,280 of rescuing 6,000 people. 50 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,600 I've got 124 to go. 51 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,480 It's a great achievement for me. 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,520 (TENSE MUSIC) 53 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,920 Harries spots a swimmer stuck in a rip just 20m from shore. 54 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,120 Come in, please! 55 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,720 Come back in. 56 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,680 Naughty, naughty! 57 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,120 She's been a little naughty, naughty. 58 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,720 She's not swimming between the red-and-yellow flags. 59 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,160 (PLAYFUL MUSIC) 60 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,520 You have to swim hard. 61 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,560 Naughty, naughty. She's with a surfer. 62 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,680 So I reckon she's OK at this stage. 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,360 She's getting tired, mate. 64 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,360 Not gonna make it, eh? 65 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,120 Like most people that enter in a rip, 66 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:18,960 they have to get rescued by a lifeguard. 67 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,840 (HARRIES LAUGHS) 68 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:43,160 WOMAN: I've never had this. 69 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,080 Thank you too. 70 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,200 She tells me she's from Canberra. 71 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,520 I know the politicians can talk under water, 72 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,280 but this lady can literally talk under water. 73 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,760 A little bit like myself. 74 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,360 Just try my daughter. This one here. 75 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,120 Four hours and I haven't got in. 76 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,000 Thanks. I was calling you for help. 77 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,480 Your mum was in a bit of trouble out in the water. 78 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,760 And my husband's somewhere betting on horses, so he's gone. 79 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,720 He's betting on horses? Never trust a man! 80 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,000 (HARRIES LAUGHS) I nearly died! 81 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,520 Like, hello! I'm a man! 82 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,600 You should trust me, I just saved you. 83 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,200 I'm only here for her - I wanna be in Darling Harbour right now 84 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,600 in the middle of the fireworks, but she wanted to come here. 85 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,680 And look at her, she's dry as! (GIRLS LAUGH) 86 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,000 15-year-olds. Anyone would like them, they're both available. 87 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,040 (GIRLS LAUGH) 88 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,440 Thanks! Thank you! 89 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,640 (HARRIES LAUGHS) 90 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,120 This is the real thing! 91 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,600 This is the real thing. 92 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,600 It's not a spray tan, this is the real thing! 93 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,160 Where am I from? From Bondi! 94 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,600 I've got no time to go get a spray. 95 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,320 (LAUGHS) 96 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,000 But there's nothing wrong with 97 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,800 a spray every now and again, by the way. 98 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,360 Last rescue of the year. 99 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:33,840 It's a good one. 100 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,840 As lifeguards clock off, 101 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:39,640 the countdown to midnight is on. 102 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,520 Hardcore partygoers kick on through the night 103 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,960 to catch the first dawn of the new year. 104 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,680 MAN: Happy New Year! 105 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,520 (BRIGHT MUSIC) 106 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,920 Harrison has been rostered on an hour early. 107 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:11,040 After 10 years in the job, he's seen his share of New Year's shenanigans. 108 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,400 Lifeguarding down here, 109 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,040 a lot of intoxicated people are gonna go for a swim. 110 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,040 A few have a big night, they sleep it off 111 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:19,640 and they've been in the sun all morning. 112 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,120 You really don't know what's gonna happen. 113 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,320 Hey! 114 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,320 Happy New Year! 115 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:28,600 There we go. 116 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,480 Morning's just begun. 117 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,360 (PEOPLE CHEER) 118 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,200 Happy New Year, Bondi! 119 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,760 By midday, the mercury has hit 26 degrees Celsius 120 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,120 as the massive recovery party cranks up. 121 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,280 On the sand, heat and hangovers are taking their toll. 122 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,680 Sophia, what we're gonna do is I'm gonna get you up, 123 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,160 I'm gonna get you in the buggy 124 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,960 and we're gonna take you up to the tower. 125 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,160 And that way we can look after you a bit better 126 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,560 rather than have you in the hot sun on the beach, yeah? 127 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,240 Sophia, she had a bit too much to drink last night. 128 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,760 The oxygen's already starting to make you look a bit better. Yeah. 129 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,320 The biggest concern is intoxicated swimmers. 130 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,280 We all know that alcohol and the water are just not a good mixture. 131 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,600 Like, it can just be a recipe for disaster. 132 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,640 Just a guy that...looks pretty intoxicated. 133 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:40,040 Just...struggling to stay afloat on the bodyboard. 134 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,880 Alcohol is banned on Bondi Beach, 135 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,600 but sometimes that's difficult to police. 136 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,560 I just notice this guy acting really strangely. 137 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,000 He's really just trying to wrestle with his bodyboard. 138 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,040 And I just take a moment to look at him 139 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,400 and I go, "Something's not right there." 140 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,320 Joel's just gone out to have a word with him 141 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,240 or just save him, even, I think. 142 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,640 MAN: 143 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:10,760 JOEL: 144 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,840 MAN: 145 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,320 This guy actually is 146 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,520 probably the drunkest I've seen in quite a long time. 147 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,960 No, mate. No, mate. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. 148 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,280 On a busy day, this is the last thing we need. 149 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,200 We need to be focusing on the other swimmers, 150 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,240 not just this one gentleman. 151 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:33,240 MAN: Yeah. 152 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,520 So I realised trying to be serious with this guy, 153 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,920 it's just not gonna work - he doesn't wanna listen to me. 154 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,320 So I think in the back of my head, "Let's make this a bit of a game." 155 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,800 I say, "Come on, buddy. Let's have a race back to shore." 156 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,240 Come on. 157 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,160 And just like I'm at home, dealing with my own kids. 158 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,280 MAN: 159 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,920 JOEL: 160 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,640 With the man safely back on shore, 161 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:23,320 Joel can go back to patrolling the hundreds of other swimmers. 162 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,240 Oh, he's gone back out in the water! Oh, my goodness. 163 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,640 This guy is starting to turn into a bit of a nightmare. 164 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,000 It's Groundhog Day for Joel 165 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,360 as he tries to evict a heavily intoxicated swimmer from the water. 166 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,080 I've just spend the last 15 minutes 167 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,240 trying to coax this guy back to shore 168 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,080 and now he's gone back out. 169 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,600 Hey, buddy. Come on, mate. Come on. 170 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:58,920 MAN: 171 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,880 I'm back out there 172 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,280 and now I'm starting to get just a little bit more, like, 173 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,480 "Come on, mate. We need to get you back to shore. 174 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,400 "We need to get you off the beach. You're starting to be a pest." 175 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,400 I don't wanna lose my patience, but it's hard to keep your cool. 176 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,160 And the reality is he's taking me away from 177 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,720 watching everybody else on the beach. 178 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,440 I shake his hand. I think he's got it this time. 179 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,600 Yeah, sweet. See ya later. 180 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,360 The lifeguard thought I was drowning. 181 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,760 I was having a laugh. First time riding the boogie board. 182 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,720 The 25-year-old man has no idea 183 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,200 how lucky he is. 184 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:51,040 Now he has two reasons to celebrate. 185 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,640 Have a bit of a laugh and go to work tomorrow. 186 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,920 (RELAXED MUSIC) 187 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,840 Happy New Year! 188 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:09,400 This is our family. 189 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,960 This one's our son, Kevin. 190 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,200 We've got the fireman one, which is my dad. 191 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,320 When we come away, when we travel, 192 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,800 these ducks go everywhere on our travels. 193 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,480 The children, they can see the pictures. 194 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,520 We show them the photographs and let them know, 195 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,960 "You've been on Bondi Beach on New Year's Day." 196 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:29,960 (LAUGHS) 197 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,720 (TENSE MUSIC) 198 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,000 There's nowhere to move. 199 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,920 It's high tide. Can't really manoeuvre the buggy. 200 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,960 So...we're gonna have to be on our game. 201 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,920 It's really testing conditions this afternoon down south. 202 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,160 By late afternoon... Hey! 203 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,080 ..lifeguards are plucking people out of the water 204 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:09,560 almost by the minute. 205 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:12,760 Grab the board. Grab the board. Here. Here. 206 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,400 Beardy rescues a man well out of his depth. 207 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,640 That's it. Go in. 208 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,360 (WHISTLES) 209 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,960 Then at Backpackers, it's Harrison's turn. 210 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,240 Two swimmers are in trouble. 211 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,480 One swimmer's T-shirt reads 'Korea Army'. 212 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,600 HARRISON: 213 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,040 Right now, he's gone to battle with a rip. 214 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,680 HARRISON: 215 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:49,840 MAN: 216 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,520 HARRISON: 217 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,920 I was paddling out and all I saw was the 'Korean Army' on the back. 218 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,000 (CHUCKLES) They're definitely not the Navy SEALs. 219 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:13,840 By 7pm, 220 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,160 lifeguards have worked a 13-hour shift 221 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,920 and rescued dozens of people. 222 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,560 Please get out of the water. 223 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:22,720 Thank you. 224 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,160 It's time to knock off, 225 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,800 but the beach is still swarming. 226 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,840 HARRIES: It's an extremely busy day on the beach 227 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,320 and we can't leave. 228 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,560 We're just trying to pack up, we're trying to do P.A. announcements. 229 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,960 We're still trying to watch the water. 230 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,760 And then I get this call. 231 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,640 Across the railing, a guy screams out and says, 232 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,320 "Harries, there's a baby dead up on the road." 233 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:47,320 (OVER RADIO) 234 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:53,720 Where? 235 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,200 It's New Year's Day. 236 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,160 We've given our absolute all. 237 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,960 And that fatigue level is quite high. 238 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:03,240 And you've gotta be calm when someone calls out like that 239 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,520 and you've gotta lift - you've gotta lift for the occasion. 240 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,760 (TENSE MUSIC) 241 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,280 HARRIES: 242 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,080 (TOOTS HORN) 243 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:23,680 Hey, hey, hey! 244 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,600 Move, move, move. Move, move, move, move! 245 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,880 Harries has grabbed a defibrillator and oxygen kit. 246 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,800 When I'm running up, 247 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,040 the guy says the baby's just been laying there for a fair while. 248 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,320 So, you know, I'm just trying to stay calm at this stage. 249 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,400 I'm just trying to take deep breaths. 250 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,600 If it is a baby, 251 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,240 this is the most important thing ever. 252 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,400 Survival of life for a child 253 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,320 surpasses anything I've ever done in my career. 254 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,600 On New Year's Day, 255 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:13,000 lifeguards have come to the end of a punishing 13-hour shift. 256 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,040 Then a major emergency. 257 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,760 A guy screams out. 258 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,360 He says, "Harries, there's a baby dead up on the road." 259 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,520 Harrison backs up. 260 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,080 You know it's serious because there's bystanders in the park 261 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:28,720 just pointing, "That way, that way." 262 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,560 What have we got? 263 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,480 You know, you're preparing for the worst. 264 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,600 (SIREN WAILS) 265 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,280 And all of a sudden, I see this baby just on the road. 266 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:51,200 The baby showed no signs of life. It was not breathing. 267 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,360 (WOMAN SOBS) 268 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,320 The baby has reportedly fallen on its head from a height, 269 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,760 but it's unclear how. 270 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:05,240 (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) 271 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,800 The patient is an 8-week-old boy. 272 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,600 At this stage, the baby is clinically dead. 273 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,240 His father can only watch on. 274 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,640 The father was literally on top of me, and... 275 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,480 To be a father and look up at him 276 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,840 and to see water coming out of his eyes... 277 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,120 You know, a dad to a dad... 278 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,360 ..you just wanna give it your all. 279 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,840 (WAILS) 280 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,560 The baby's mother is unable to watch. 281 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,280 Resuscitating a tiny baby 282 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,000 presents major challenges. 283 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,680 BEARDY: We go to pull the defib out and I see 284 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,960 a baby that is so small 285 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,160 that it stops me instantly. 286 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:58,320 Lifeguards must urgently administer manual CPR. 287 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,720 I did have an obstacle, that there was a head trauma and a hip trauma 288 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,720 but I just had to get breaths into that baby. 289 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,480 Generally, I would have picked the baby up and gone for it. 290 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,440 Lifeguards decide to ventilate the baby 291 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,560 with a bag mask and oxygen. 292 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,480 Harries was in there to quickly adapt 293 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,720 our oxy kit down to an infant size. 294 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,520 We've only ever done that in training. 295 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,600 There was no time to think. It's just do. 296 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,200 (WAILS) 297 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,400 I knew that I had to get breaths back into that baby. 298 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,400 (MOTHER SOBS) 299 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,800 All those rescues that I've done, nearly 6,000 rescues, 300 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,320 over 70 resuscitations on these beaches 301 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,000 of people that have been clinically dead, 302 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,800 it comes down to this one moment. 303 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:58,000 After the third breath of breathing that baby up, 304 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,400 I started to see the rise and fall of the baby's chest. 305 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,200 Oh, my God, this is so... 306 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,440 This is working, this is effective, what I'm doing, 307 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,360 giving these rescue breaths to the baby. 308 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:14,840 But it's not out of the woods. 309 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,400 It still had a massive trauma. 310 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,560 Two critical minutes of care has brought the baby back to life 311 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,360 when the paramedics arrive. 312 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:32,200 Paramedics now need to get a cannula into the baby. 313 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,600 They needed to get a line into this baby. 314 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,520 And one way they can get a straight line 315 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,800 is actually going through... using a drill 316 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,480 and going into the bone marrow, into the shin. 317 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,680 And so they can get...administer drugs in there straightaway. 318 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,400 Watching all the paramedics, seeing how calm and... 319 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,520 The wealth of knowledge they have is...is incredible. 320 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,120 The baby still needs assistance to breathe. 321 00:18:56,120 --> 00:19:00,440 Lifeguards and paramedics hope for more signs of improvement. 322 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,160 The worst thing about... with a baby is 323 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:04,800 you want to hear them cry. 324 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,960 You know, it's actually concerning when there's no noise. 325 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,120 We still didn't have that baby responding at that stage. 326 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,080 After around the eighth, ninth breath... 327 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,200 (BABY CRIES) 328 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,560 ..I hear the baby...cry. 329 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,960 (BABY CRIES) 330 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,440 To hear this baby scream 331 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,760 was just the greatest moment ever. 332 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,680 (BABY CRIES) 333 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:43,720 (SIRENS WAIL) 334 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:47,400 New Year's Day, and lifeguards have just 335 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,720 brought an 8-week-old baby boy back to life. 336 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,680 (BABY CRIES) 337 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,280 It was a miracle, really. It was a New Year's Day miracle, you know? 338 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,600 And... Far out. 339 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,080 Yeah, it's... (LAUGHS) 340 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,640 That's 10 New Year's Days down here, 341 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,360 but I tell you what, that's one I'll never forget. 342 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,480 To see the look on Harrison's face 343 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,480 and to see the look on Beardy's face, 344 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,280 this was real, this was raw, this was rare. 345 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,920 It doesn't matter if you're a battle-hardened soldier, 346 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,760 it's going to affect you. 347 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,440 You've gotta bring out your A-game. 348 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,040 It's going to test you to your core. 349 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,360 And there was so much going through my mind. 350 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,000 Of course, like, my two boys. Like... 351 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:47,400 My world. 352 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,960 And then... 353 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,960 ..there's a lot more that affects me that... 354 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,960 I lost my father, like, six months ago. 355 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,840 And all of a sudden, like, I've got this baby. 356 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,640 I've lost someone that's elderly and I've got this baby in front of me. 357 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,720 And I...and I'm thinking I've lost my father, 358 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,480 but here's my chance to have an infant, 359 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,480 to give this child a new life. 360 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,200 Everything was that moment. 361 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,720 But the baby may not be out of danger yet. 362 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,560 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 363 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,360 A Special Casualty Access Team, known as SCAT, 364 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:40,040 arrives to help assess any head trauma. 365 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,880 And incredible seeing that chopper coming 366 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,480 and just landed straightaway on the golf course. 367 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,920 On the Toll chopper as well, they've actually got a doctor. 368 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,960 All hands were on deck for this incident. 369 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,560 Intensive Care paramedics handed over to the SCAT team 370 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,320 and they treat the baby. 371 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,640 They loaded the little boy straight in 372 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,000 to get him straight to the kid's hospital. 373 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,840 (SIRENS WAIL) 374 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,680 Not long after, 375 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,400 lifeguards get news the baby is likely to pull through 376 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,600 without major complications. 377 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:27,600 Oh... 378 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,360 That was, for me... 379 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:39,400 ..the greatest moment in my career. 380 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,640 Getting those breaths in was everything. 381 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,240 Mate. Lifeless baby, poor thing. That was gnarly. 382 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,280 Without Harries working on that baby... 383 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,000 You know, he saved that baby's life. 384 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,320 (LAUGHS) Pretty bloody special. 385 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,800 Good work, mate. We did good work. 386 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,080 I can't commend our team... 387 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,680 ..more from what we're up against 388 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,400 than in situations and incidents 389 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,640 where we have to deal and we're faced with 390 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,360 the resuscitation of an 8-week-old baby is crazy. 391 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:12,640 It's an amazing effort by Harries, Harrison. 392 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,680 You know, all of us that turned up. 393 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,840 It's...it's very unfortunate, but I'm really proud of the team. 394 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,360 It's good. It's amazing. 395 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,160 Hopefully one day, that little bub will come down 396 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:26,640 and he'll be a little boy 397 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,520 and maybe he'll even be a lifeguard one day 398 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,640 and he'll remember what we did for him. 399 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,640 It's all part of what we do down here. 400 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,760 We just do it 'cause we love it. 401 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,720 And we're good at it. 402 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,080 Next time... 403 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,880 Conditions are rough. It's like a washing machine out there. 404 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,480 ..an entire family fights for their lives... 405 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,240 Everyone was frantic. 406 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,440 ..and a race to find a fallen man. 407 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,320 I don't know whether I'm gonna find someone at the bottom of the rocks 408 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,600 or someone sitting there, hopefully, alive.