Hero builder saves six-year-old's life after boy swept out to sea on inflatable swan

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rescue operation was launched this afternoon as the drama unfolded at Morfa Bychan - Black Rock Sands beach in north Wales. A coastguard helicopter and ambulances attended the scene after the alarm was raised at about 2.40pm.The boy was on the white inflatable swan when it drifted out about 200m from shore.A 999 call was made by his distraught father and the coastguard advised him to stay on the shore.But heroic Sam McKeeder, a builder from nearby Towyn, swam out to rescue the little boy.He then found him face down and unconscious.However, the 57-year-old granddad managed to resuscitate the youngster.Samuel said: “He was totally unconscious, I turned him around and patted him on his back and then a lot of water and sick came up, and he.