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What was supposed to be a fun family day at the beach turned into a scary circumstance when a young boy on an inflatable pool toy got swept out to sea in North Carolina.
"I was really scared and thinking like I might die and all that stuff," Declan O'Connor, 8, told ABC News.
His concerned mother was audibly shaken on the phone with 911 dispatchers.
"My son is floating out in the middle of the ocean on a floaty thing," Jill O'Connor said. "He doesn't have a life jacket on. He doesn't, he doesn't really know how to swim."
The large white and and pink unicorn float continued to drift into the distance and his father immediately jumped into action.
"As soon as we saw him moving away we went after him," Don O'Connor told ABC News. "We weren't making ground, we were moving away faster, but his mom called 911 right away."
Before officials made it to the beach, the Oak Island Water Rescue team of volunteers set out to sea to bring the young boy back to shore.
"It was a lot of tears, exhalation, being grateful and thankful for those rescuers," the relieved mom said.
The rescuers made their way onto dry land with Declan in their arms and delivered him right to his parents.
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abcnews.go.com