Surf hero gonna surf hero.
Yes, surfers are often curmudgeonly, territorial, grumpy, grouchy, “the worst,” to quote the beloved radio personality Scott Bass, but we can be heroes, at least just for one day. But how many tales of “surfer saves life” have you read even only here on BeachGrit? Hundreds? Thousands? More?
More, I’d venture a guess.
Stories of surfers saving those suffering heart attack, in the water, or those lacerating themselves with fin or those bitten by shark or those who got swept away in a rip current or those who crashed boat… the list is endless but today we have a surfer going above and beyond in order to save a li’l baby deer from drowning.
But let us meet Thomas Buckley, a surf hero from New Jersey, and let us listen to his tale of derring-do.
“I didn’t even planning on going surfing. But as soon as I got up around 6:30 a.m. told myself, ‘Well, you’re going surfing today,’” the handsome younger man shared with New Jersey channel 12.
So there he was going surfing, when he heard a concerned bystander yell “Deer!”
Heroic blood pumping through a heroic heart, Buckley paddled into action.
He understood, instantly, that the adorable piece of sweet meat must have gotten washed off the jetty. He could see that it was struggling, blowing water out of its button nose, and so without a thought for himself, Buckley guided it to the sand where it pranced off to join its mother, probably.
Day saved.
His friends, when the saw the reports of unmitigated heroism, were not surprised, sharing that he is always on the scene and never afraid.
Surf hero gonna surf hero.
This what assume means and Heaven is Watching…… .
Let’s see that happening with a Black Bear.
This deer had Buckley’s hope until Buckley actually showed up
Baby deer don’t have antlers.
I once rescued a wildebeest from Pac Shores in OB. Although, I sobered up on the way home, took a good look at the mass of her and released her back into the wild of Newport Ave. I felt pretty good about myself afterwards!
Santa Claus’ economics-based layoffs having suicidal effects on the workforce.
Pretty funny that the guy rescuing a buck has the last name Buckley.
Was this article written so you could pen “ANNALS OF SURF HEROICS”
Yes.
Shane Dorian waiting on the beach, crossbow in hand
You used to be able to do that in Washington around the san juan islands until activists filmed hunters shooting the imported deer as they got off the boat.
An anterloper into surf adjacency, Chas.
Nice!
Giddy up on that ding-a-ling
At least the one he supposedly rescued wasn’t abandoned by its mother and put down after “someone” foolishly touched the thing thinking he was saving it. See, I read your stories, sometimes.
Nice recall!