“He told me when he got home, he said, ‘Dad, I wasn’t going to let go of that kid because I knew if I let go of him he was going to drown, and I wasn’t going to let that happen,’ and it brought a tear to my eye when he said that,”

Shane Williams · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-30

Shane Williams recounted to The Post what Ryder told him after returning home from his lifeguard shift.