Cristian Burgos, 17, ran into the sea to rescue the mother and child at Virginia Key beach in Miami but had to be plucked out of the water himself.
Tributes have been pouring in for a 17-year-old boy from South Florida who died two days after he had saved a woman and her nine-year-old son from drowning.
Cristian Burgos spotted that the pair had got into trouble and sprung into action. He raced into the sea and pushed the boy towards the shore before going back to save the mother.
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