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This is a wild yet disturbing video of a heroic kayaker who spotted a young child screaming in the middle of a lake, left behind by his father.
The video shows the man in the kayak pulling up next to the child, who is wearing a life vest and is in a panic. The boy is screaming and crying as the man tries to calm him down. The kayaker is obviously a good father himself as he seems very well versed in talking to children.
The man asks the boy to hang onto the side of the kayak as he paddles the boy to the shore.
Once on shore, the man helps the child out of his vest and walks him to a house on the lake where an elderly couple brings blankets to the freezing boy. The child starts to cry again when the rescuer mentions calling 911.
Later in the video, the father shows up, seeming intoxicated. He is thankful but very flippant about leaving his young child behind.
No word on if the father was charged with drunken negligence.