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Thanks, Monty. See

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Thanks, Monty. See you

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OSHER GUNSBERG: On Bondi Rescue...

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If you do go in the water,
you'll be swimming at your own risk.

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..a full-scale emergency
after hours.

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I was hoping not to have to
paddle out and retrieve a body.

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Chappo caught short.

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He's pretty much fully drowning,

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and the shed's locked,
so I've just gotta swim out.

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I've never seen so many
nude people in my life!

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And a nude awakening for Bagus.

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I didn't tell anyone.
Bagus! (LAUGHS)

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And then I saw the buggy
coming down.

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And I was, like, "No way."

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(LAUGHS)

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SONG: # Take me back to the

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# Sweet times, the hot nights

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# Everything is gonna be alright

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# In the summertime

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# Baby, in the summertime

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# That is where I'll be. #

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Lifeguards are on patrol
every day of the year.

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In an average season, they can
rescue as many as 1,000 swimmers.

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Stay calm! You're alright.

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Head up the beach, please,

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and out of this area.

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But rescues don't stick
to a schedule.

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Hope you all had a great day.

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Lifeguards are packing up
and will be going home soon.

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Time to go home, is it?

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That's it, eh?

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We're about to go home.
I turn around, I scan the beach.

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And we see two guys in trouble.

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A rescue after pack-up
presents major problems.

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I go downstairs
and the shed's locked.

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And I'm, like, "Haven't got time
to unlock the shed. Gotta run."

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I basically decided
to run straight for him.

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I could see him the whole way.

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The guy's in the middle of the beach
and he was in so much trouble.

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He's pretty much fully drowning

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by the time I get to the shoreline

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and he's most probably
still a good 75 metres away.

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So that means I have to run
over the sandbank,

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and then I basically jump
in the water and swim out.

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But there's a second swimmer
in trouble.

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Chappo must make a tough decision.

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And then I swim past one guy
who was screaming at me.

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I'm not put in that position
very often.

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When some young kid's
screaming at you to save his life,

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you've gotta back yourself to say,

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the other guy's actually
going under and drowning,

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so I make that decision.

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Backup is on the way
as Noah re-opens the tower.

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(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

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When you have to run 100 metres
and then swim,

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you get there
and you're quite tired.

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That was something
I was thinking of the whole way.

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Just gotta hold him up.

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Noah heads for the swimmer
closest to shore.

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Chappo battles to keep
his patient afloat.

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The man is fully clothed.

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The weight drags him down.

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We're always aware of someone
in a complete panic.

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They call it 'climbing the ladder',

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so if you're drowning,
you're just, like...

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..trying to keep your head
above water,

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making it dangerous
for you to rescue him

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and basically, can pull you
under water.

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So I kinda held him out
away from me.

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Noah pulls his patient
onto the board.

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Chappo has to swim his patient in.

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Once he was calmed down,
I was able to kind of turn him

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and me lay on my back
with him in front of me.

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We found the sandbank
and I just brought him in.

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Swimming in a rip fully clothed
after hours -

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these men are lucky to be alive.

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That was kind of as close
to drowning as you can get,

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especially with us going home,
you know?

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This is what we're scared of,
and that was...that was so close.

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It's not the usual procedure
for us to go in without equipment,

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but there was no other choice
but to run down and go straight in.

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Chappo was a hero on that afternoon

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and saved that person's life.

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Yeah, guys, lifeguards
are heading home.

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Go home, come back tomorrow, please.

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Throughout the year, like,
we do a lot of rescues

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and, you know, they're
not always that close.

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So when you do one like that,
it does...

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You know, it kinda...

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It doesn't rattle you, it's just,
like, "Wow, that was just proper."

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WHIPPET: Remember,
if you do go in the water,

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you'll be swimming at
your own risk.

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Some days you don't wanna leave

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because it's still dangerous
and there's still a lot of swimmers.

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And, you know, it's hard to tell
people to stop enjoying themselves.

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As the day's shift finally ends,

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lifeguards can now head home.

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It was about 7:10

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when we finally got out
and locked up the tower.

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And straight home
and looking forward to having dinner

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with the kids and the wife
and some friends.

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(RELAXED MUSIC)

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Then Whippet gets an emergency call.

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I got home and...
7:40, my phone rings.

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It's a fellow lifeguard with news.

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There's someone missing
down at Bondi.

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You know, the helicopter's on
the way, the cops are on their way.

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Living close to the beach,
I thought it was just...

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..my duty to kind of come back down
and check what was going on.

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Having been here all day
and sitting on the rips

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and knowing where the water
was moving,

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I knew I'd be an asset
to the cops or the ambos.

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(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

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When Whippet gets back to the beach,

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a major search is underway.

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When I arrived...

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You know, you're always
gonna expect to see

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some lights and sirens and stuff,

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but there was the full artillery
out there.

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A man has been missing
for more than two hours.

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He was last seen in the water.

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He's travelled from Vietnam
with his wife

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to visit his son and daughter.

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It's his first time at Bondi.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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Whippet's assessment is grim.

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After looking at his clothes
on the ground,

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no-one's gonna leave the beach
without their stuff intentionally.

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And they're sitting right
in front of the worst rip.

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I was ready to get in the water

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and, if I had to,
go and retrieve a body.

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(HELICOPTER WHIRRS)
(SIREN WAILS)

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8pm. A major search-and-rescue
operation is underway.

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A tourist from Vietnam
has been missing for two hours.

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He was last seen in the water.

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Lifeguards are off duty,

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but Whippet has been
called back in to help.

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I came down and introduced myself
to the police

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and the ambulance
that were down on the beach

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and explained that I'd,
you know, just left

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working here for 13 hours.

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Knowing how the water was moving,
I was helping guide the helicopter

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around the bay, saying, "This is
how I think the water would move,"

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and if it was a floating body,
then where it potentially might be.

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The man's wife and daughter
help police circulate a description.

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Off-duty lifeguard Mitch
also joins the search.

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I relayed the description
through the radio up to Mitch

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so he could put the binoculars out
and see if...

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You know, the rips can take people
all over this beach,

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and see if he was anywhere else.

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The man's clothes remain untouched

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in front of Bondi's worst rip.

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Daylight - and hope -

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are rapidly fading.

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When you think you've lost someone,

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for that long,

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you're probably gonna find,
you know, a body.

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And for their family,
that would have been so traumatic.

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It all started to point
towards a bad outcome.

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Missing man Nuey van Hyn,

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doesn't speak English,

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but his daughter, Thay, does.

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Whippet comes up with a plan.

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I said, "Go up and use
our P.A. system

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"and try and speak to him
in Vietnamese."

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(CRACKLES)

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(WOMAN SPEAKS VIETNAMESE)

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Thay's father Nuey has now been
missing for almost three hours.

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As light fades, the search
may soon be called off.

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I was on the beach,
you know, obviously

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hoping not to have to paddle out
and retrieve a body,

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but kinda ready to go,

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and then the next call that
came through the police radio

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"Oh, we haven't seen a person,

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"but there's a good-size,
12-foot-or-so, shark, in The Boot."

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Like, it was literally
just off the 'Bergs.

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So obviously my concerns were high.

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You never wanna think that
someone's gone until you find 'em.

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So, yeah, it was...
It was stressful.

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(RADIO CHIRPS)

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(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

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..Vietnamese...

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He's got black board...
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

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Mitch radioed me and said,
"Mate, someone's come to the tower."

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I said, "I'm not taking the family
up in case it's NOT him.

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"They'll be devastated."

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You've gotta be very careful

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with the family, not to give them
hope that isn't warranted.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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And I've raced up in the buggy
and this guy had a singlet on.

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He had no shirt on in the photo,

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so maybe it's not him.

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(WOMEN WAIL)

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We've got him.
It's gonna be all good.

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I knew we had him.

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And, you know, your heart rate
drops instantly

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and it's like a big weight
off your shoulders.

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It's a huge relief when
it works out for the best.

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(BRIGHT MUSIC)

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Thank you!

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My mother was, like,
"Yes, it's him. It's him."

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Luckily, we found our dad.

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It could be different
if something bad happened.

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She was so happy to see him.

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She was, like,
"Where have you been?"

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And he didn't expect the helicopters
was looking for him.

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Like, the immediate reaction
of the family

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is just pure relief and joy,
I guess,

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and happiness that he's been found.

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But it also quickly kinda
turns to, like,

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"Where have you been?"

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My mother was, like,

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fighting him,

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"We were waiting here
for three hours!

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"Where the hell are you going?"
(LAUGHS)

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Thay's mum was, um...
Yeah, she was letting him have it.

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Yeah, I think Thay's dad's
in the bad books for a little while.

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I just feel...thank God he's back.

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Thank God, like...

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..we finally can see him again.

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Yeah.

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(WARM MUSIC)

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A week after her father was found,

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Thay returns to Bondi.

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Her parents are back home in Vietnam.

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But what happened the night
her father went missing?

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When I came back here,
I saw the beach

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and it's still the beach,
but for me, it's, like,

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unforgettable memory for me

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and for my family as well.

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Hello!
Hello!

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Hi, how are you?
Good!

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Good to see you. Yeah, bit
less stressful today, huh?

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(LAUGHS) Yeah.

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How's your dad? He's good?

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Yeah, everything back to normal.
Where was he?

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He was, like, around the park
to the McDonald's.

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He went to McDonald's?

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Yeah.

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Like, he said that he heard me,
like, speaking...

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Oh, on the speaker, yeah.
He heard his name.

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I so appreciate...
No, that's alright.

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No worries. That's...
that's what we're here for.

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I'm glad, in the end,
that he was safe.

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Yeah, I appreciate.

246
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Hopefully your mum gave him a smack

247
00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,080
for being naughty and disappearing
on everyone, huh?

248
00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,560
(LAUGHS)

249
00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:10,400
Remember, next time your dad comes,
tell him to swim between the flags.

250
00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,120
Alright? (LAUGHS) See ya later.

251
00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,600
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.

252
00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,400
Thay's dad went to McDonald's.

253
00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,920
Like, there's police and ambulances
and jet skis

254
00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,400
and everything looking
for you, mate,

255
00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,440
and you didn't even bring us back
a cheeseburger.

256
00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,480
An hour before dawn.

257
00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,520
A frigid wind.

258
00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:40,920
Still hours before lifeguards
begin their patrol at Bondi.

259
00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,400
But 2,500 people

260
00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,760
are already on the sand

261
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Somewhere among them is Bagus.

262
00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,960
I just think that life's
all about experiences and memories.

263
00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:54,600
It's something
I've never done before.

264
00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,720
It was so outside anything I'd done.

265
00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,800
So I just knew, "If I do this,
I will never forget it."

266
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,440
MAN ON MEGAPHONE:
Thank you for coming!

267
00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,760
(CROWD CHEERS)

268
00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,840
The man on the megaphone

269
00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,640
is world-renowned photographer
Spencer Tunick.

270
00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,120
What he's about to ask
the crowd to do

271
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will create history.

272
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(BAGUS LAUGHS) It was cold.

273
00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,440
This sun better come up
and this wind better drop,

274
00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,520
because right now, this is not
gonna... (LAUGHS) ..be pretty.

275
00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,640
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)

276
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WOMAN ON MEGAPHONE:

277
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One, two, three. Let's go!

278
00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,280
(CROWD CHEERS)

279
00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,800
(SIREN WAILS OVER MEGAPHONE)

280
00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,360
It was sorta like a siren.
"Alright, get 'em off."

281
00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,200
And then everyone's nude.

282
00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,160
And to me, that was
the most shocking bit.

283
00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,880
One minute you're clothed,
and then everyone's nude.

284
00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,320
Tunick, famously, takes photos of
naked people in iconic places

285
00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,040
around the world.

286
00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,960
This is his latest art work.

287
00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,240
I had seen Spencer's work before.

288
00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,160
I knew his name. I'd seen them in,
um...all over the place.

289
00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,560
Iceland and New York
and...the Opera House.

290
00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,600
Yeah, as soon as I saw it
in Sydney again,

291
00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,520
I thought, "Yeah, this is my time."

292
00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:34,000
For the first time, the local
council is allowing full nudity

293
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on Bondi Beach -

294
00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,160
for two hours only.

295
00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,040
(CROWD CHEERS)

296
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,240
Oh, you gotta look.
Like, you're looking. Respectfully.

297
00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,280
I'm sure they're looking back.

298
00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,840
I just couldn't believe
the different shapes and sizes

299
00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,320
I saw that day

300
00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,120
and it was really inspiring, really,
because no-one gave a shit.

301
00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,480
But Tunick's models
are getting nude for more than art.

302
00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:57,720
MAN OVER MEGAPHONE:
Alright, everyone!

303
00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,880
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

304
00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,640
The 2,500 people

305
00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,480
represent the same number
of Australians

306
00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,960
who die every year from skin cancer.

307
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,560
You could tell there were
big groups of family members

308
00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,800
that I think may have been affected
by skin cancer.

309
00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,160
The charity itself

310
00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,800
was from a friend that passed away
from melanoma, Wes Bonny.

311
00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:19,840
I was only with him
a month before he passed.

312
00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,640
He was a young bloke.
Melanoma got him.

313
00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:24,160
And I was just so shocked

314
00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,920
and I was really inspired to be a
part of it for that reason as well.

315
00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,560
That's good, that's good!

316
00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,320
We were basically
facing out to the ocean

317
00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,800
as the sun was rising.

318
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,400
You had to be really still.

319
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,560
We did also a laying-down one
on our side,

320
00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,040
which was quite awkward.

321
00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,280
(SPENCER SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
OVER MEGAPHONE)

322
00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,720
When the sun was out of the clouds
and we were just all facing the sun,

323
00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,840
it was really awesome.

324
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,880
The lifeguard shift begins
during the shoot

325
00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,600
and all eyes are on...the water.

326
00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,280
God, yeah.
There's a few up there, huh?

327
00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:13,760
That's so funny.

328
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,880
Lots of nude people.

329
00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,760
Lots and lots of nude people.

330
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:18,960
(LAUGHS)

331
00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,440
Bagus was hoping to keep
a low profile.

332
00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,440
I didn't tell anyone. No-one knew.

333
00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,440
I didn't wanna actually get nude
next to my friends.

334
00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,240
The shower's enough
at the end of the shift.

335
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,080
Sort of once-in-a-lifetime
kind of thing.

336
00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:31,760
We'll probably never see this again.

337
00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,320
One, two, three.

338
00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,760
With the main shoot done,

339
00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,320
80 skin cancer survivors

340
00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,480
are asked to pose alone.

341
00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:47,040
My experience is a basal cell
skin cancer on my face.

342
00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:48,920
Lived at the beach all my life

343
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,200
and it actually came back
to bite me.

344
00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,680
(ALL SCREAM)

345
00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,320
If they all went in swimming
right now, it'd be catastrophic.

346
00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,080
Imagine them all out there.

347
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,640
The shoot finished and
a lot of people went for a swim.

348
00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,640
That's always nice,
to go for a skinny dip.

349
00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,120
Heya. Whoop!

350
00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:18,000
Everything was jiggling. It was
definitely a scene I won't forget.

351
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,480
We've done it, we've done it!

352
00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,000
So I was driving through the crowd.

353
00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:27,320
And then...I can't believe my eyes.

354
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,040
Hang on, I know that backside.

355
00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:32,520
No, it can't be.

356
00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,040
Is it...

357
00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,240
2,500 people

358
00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,720
are baring all for
a history-making photo shoot.

359
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,120
Among them, Bondi lifeguard Bagus.

360
00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:53,160
Alright, all put your hands down!

361
00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,160
I've never seen so many
nude people in my life.

362
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,280
(LAUGHS)

363
00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,720
Bagus was hoping to stay undercover.

364
00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,440
I didn't tell anyone.

365
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,040
And then I saw the buggy coming down

366
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,920
and I was, like, "No way."

367
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,560
They've started, obviously.
It's past 6:00.

368
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,360
And I just was quite liberated
by then. There was no inhibitions.

369
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,920
Hang on, I know that backside.
Is it...

370
00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,440
No, it can't be. It is!

371
00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,320
There's Bagus. There's Bagus!

372
00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,200
There he is. Bagus!

373
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,480
No way.

374
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,440
(LAUGHS) They're on me!

375
00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,160
Bagus! (LAUGHS)

376
00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,960
How good! We found him.

377
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,720
(LAUGHS)

378
00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,640
Oh, we hear Bagus is up there
in the nude at the moment.

379
00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,120
(LAUGHS)

380
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,000
Here he comes.

381
00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,160
How was it?
Yeah, it was good!

382
00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:54,760
It's exciting.
What time did you get here?

383
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,440
At the start...

384
00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,080
..gear off, it's just, like, "Whoa!"

385
00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,120
And then it's kinda like...
Whatever?

386
00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,120
Yeah, it's just... You're just on.

387
00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:05,160
I like the idea of the art work.

388
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,680
When they said Bondi Beach,
I was, like, "Oh, God."

389
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,720
I was hoping it was some
obscure harbour beach.

390
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,000
And... Yeah.

391
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,080
But I didn't really see
anyone I knew.

392
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,720
So that was...that was good.

393
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,640
Something different,
that's for sure!

394
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,880
Go have a shower! (LAUGHS)

395
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:26,120
I just love that Bagus was in that.
I know.

396
00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:29,240
There had to be one of us.
Doesn't surprise me. "Oh, yeah."

397
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,520
It is for a good cause.

398
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,720
I definitely take my hat off
to Bagus for doing it.

399
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,200
He's actually got some balls.

400
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,160
Um... (LAUGHS)

401
00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,120
Alright, guys!

402
00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,200
OSHER: Next time...

403
00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,800
I'm gonna take you up to the tower.

404
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,080
..carnage on New Year's Day.

405
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,320
This guy is the drunkest I've seen.

406
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:48,520
(HORN TOOTS)
And...

407
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,680
Move!
..a baby not breathing.

408
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,120
I've got this baby in front of me.
Everything was that moment.

409
00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:57,440
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