India, July 29 -- Sixteen-year-old boy is being praised across the country after rescuing a boy from dangerous waves, with President Trump inviting the young lifeguard to the White House.

Sixteen-year-old Ryder Williams is a first-year lifeguard at Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz, California.

He is now being called a hero after dramatic footage showed him holding onto a drowning boy as waves reportedly reaching 10 feet crashed over them again and again.

The teenager's actions caught attention across the US, including from Eric Trump, who shared the footage and asked for Williams to receive the country's highest civilian honor. "Give this 16-year-old lifeguard the highest civilian honor," Eric wrote on X. "This is truly the best of ...