Heroic surfer castigates hundreds of beachgoers who “stood around taking selfies” while he saved woman from drowning!

"Dreadful."

Yes, I love technology, always and forever, but we can all agree that modern day self documentation has gotten completely out of hand. Camera forever pointed backward. Reams upon reams of digital emptiness. A pack of Narcissuses drowning in ceramic hardened glass.

Well, a British surfer finally had enough with the whole business and castigated hundreds of the crown’s subjects after saving a woman from drowning while they all stood around in selfie mode.

The scene unfolded at Portreath Beach, there on the southwest end of the English pendulum, when a woman got caught in a rip current. Peter Elliott, surfer, watched as she kept getting “battered” by six-foot waves. Being the heroic sort, Elliot immediately paddled into the action and got to the work of lifesaving.

Did those on the beach join in?

According to our brave friend, “Over a hundred people just watched a woman drowning today but only three of us went in to try to help her. This poor lady is beyond incredible, she survived but hundreds of onlookers taking selfies should just hang their heads in shame. Can you imagine how that poor lady fighting for her life felt looking at the beach seeing everyone just watching and doing nothing?”

What complete and utter bollocks.

Shite.

Dreadful.

A helicopter eventually came, hauling the poor lady right up into the sky and to a hospital and the lifeguards were very thankful to our bold brother, saying, “Although we don’t advise members of the public putting themselves at risk, thanks must go to the surfer and friend who aided the casualty whilst the emergency services were en route.”

Though when will this selfie craze end?

Or is this how the dinosaurs went out?

Staring at gorgeous reflections in puddles of mudd?