**Two eight-year-old Australian boys have been hailed as heroes after rescuing a drowning man from wild seas off Queensland’s Gold Coast.**Jake Satherley and Spencer Jeams saw the middle-aged man struggling in dangerous currents, grabbed a surfboard and managed to pull him on.
The pair, members of a junior lifesavers club, said they did not feel scared in the treacherous conditions.
Lifeguards said the rescue was the most remarkable they have ever seen.
Speaking to Australia’s ABC News, Northcliffe Life Saving Club president David Shields says he has never seen a rescue like it.
“I’ve been involved in surf lifesaving for 30 years and I’ve never seen anyone so young come to the aid of someone so old” he said.
He says they will be rewarded for their act of heroism with “medals and appropriate recognition”.
The waters off Queensland were described as dangerous over the weekend, with more than 40 people rescued from the surf and seven swimmers treated in hospital.