Lifegaurds said the eight-year-old had scars and burns on his chest when he was pulled unconscious and not breathing from the water in NSW yesterday. 9News
The eight-year-old child was hit at Barrack Point, Warilla, south of Wollongong, near Shellharbour about 5.20pm.
After receiving CPR, paramedics rushed the boy to Westmead Hospital in western Sydney under police escort, where he remains in a critical but stable condition, He said the noise of the boy being hit was "massive" and an off-duty nurse helped give him CPR.Multiple ambulances and police were sent to help.
They included 20 people in distress off Maroubra in eastern Sydney being pulled from the water and a mass rescue of 12 people in distress in the sea at Wonoona, in Wollongong. Authorities are warning beachgoers to take extra care after thousands of surf incidents on Australia Day.
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