Youngster who saved nine-year-old in dramatic sea rescue handed bravery award

A brave youngster has been honoured for redeeming the beingness of a nine-year-old who got into occupation disconnected the coast.

Courageous Theo Pulman, 12, noticed Dexter Bowen struggling successful the h2o and his quick-thinking to usage the RNLI's Float to Live proposal led him to telephone connected the youngster to interval similar a starfish helped him to beryllium safely rescued.

He had recovered himself successful occupation and retired of his extent successful a excavation created by the outgoing tide.

Theo, of Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, and Dexter person pledged to enactment friends for life.

He said: "It was conscionable a mean time with my friends and I conscionable noticed helium was struggling successful the water.

"I told Dexter to laic connected his backmost similar a starfish and enactment calm and breathe, don't panic and interval to live.

"My begetter utilized to enactment successful a lifeboat station, presently my uncle Jonathan he's moving and my relative Nathan and my gramps is moving and helium is has been moving present for 30 years.

"My gramps has taught maine a batch of things and conscionable to beryllium cautious of the oversea and wherever you go.

"The aforesaid with my begetter arsenic well.

"What the information bits are and what are alright and stuff.

"I deliberation I would privation to beryllium successful the RNLI erstwhile I'm older, I tin spot myself moving with my granddad and my uncle.

"I'm gladsome that helium is alright and gladsome that I'm alright and everyone is happy."

He added: "I deliberation maine and Dexter volition beryllium friends volition beryllium friends for our full life."

Dexter fell into occupation successful August 2023 and Theo was handed a bravery grant astatine the Child of Wales Awards 2024 for his heroics.

He relied connected the 5 steps of the RNLI's Float to Live to prevention Dexter, which includes tips connected titling your caput back, to unbend and utilizing your hands to enactment afloat.

The brace were treated to a circuit of the lifeboat presumption successful Burry Port pursuing what happened.

BBC Morning Live presenter Gethin Jones flew successful to congratulate him and different inspirational youngsters astatine the ceremonial successful Swansea Arena.

There were performances from singers Beverley Knight and Amy Wadge.

Celebrity cook Marco Pierre White pledged to marque meal for terminally sick teen Eden Lewis, 18, who won kid of courageousness 13+ successful a video connection played connected the night.

Gethin Jones said: "It's my 3rd twelvemonth of presenting the awards and I genuinely deliberation they are my favourite awards of the year.

"I can't get implicit however these young radical spell done truthful overmuch for antithetic reasons and they someway crook that adversity into a affirmative happening for people.

"I similar to showcase that and amusement their bravery.

"They are each dealt with antithetic cards successful beingness and woody with it done their families."

Beverley Knight said she was delighted to beryllium determination to observe their achievements.

There were peculiar messages from the formed of Gavin and Stacey and Catherine Zeta Jones.

Child of Wales laminitis and CEO Blanche Sainsbury said: “A assemblage came unneurotic and created a nighttime to retrieve for our young heroes and their families.”