An Olympic-level kite surfer for Brazil happened to be testing out some video equipment on his board when he suddenly became the only hope of rescue for a stranded, exhausted swimmer.
31-year-old Bruno Lobo described the rescue as “the day that God used me as an instrument to save this young woman, all honor and glory to Him ☝🏻 🙏🏻.”
The husband and father of one recorded much of the rescue completely by accident, as he was trying out a new mount that attached a camera to the front of his board.
“I went in at 17:40 to do the last test on the camera, it was a cloudy day, wind conditions were not the best, but I decided to test the support that had arrived, it was the first day using this material, I put the camera to record and headed to the coast,” Lobo wrote on Instagram.
“After sailing a few meters I heard a cry for help and looked at the girl who was drowning, I quickly approached her with the kite, I tried to calm her down and asked to climb on my back, she was quite tired and powerless, I used the equipment to bring her safely to the sand…”
After running to her friends and being examined by the lifeguards, the woman hugs Lobo and thanks him for saving her life.
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Making his Olympic debut in Paris, Lobo won a gold medal at each of the last two Pan-American Games, but his Instagram account has mainly featured congratulations for the rescue.
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He replied that he did only what needed to be done and what was within his reach.
“Stay alert about the danger of the sea, rivers and anywhere you don’t know because the current in some places is usually very strong,” he wrote.
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