Monday, 25 Nov 2024

Woman in coma after saving major champion's son from rip current

A woman has been in a coma for six weeks after saving professional golfer Brian Harman's son from a riptide. Harman won The Open last year.


Woman in coma after saving major champion's son from rip current
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Harman had gone to the Macao Open last month when his wife took their children and family friend Dowdy to Ponte Vedra Beach, for a vacation. 

Harman said his son was on a boogie board when he was ripped out to sea by a rip current.

Dowdy went into the ocean after the child but couldn't reach him and began to struggle in the abnormally strong current. Harman said another man, Crane Cantrell, saw what was happening and went in to help.

"He makes it out fine, Cathy (is) injured really badly in the water," Harman said Tuesday at the RSM Classic. "She's been in a coma for going on six weeks now and so obviously our world down here was kind of turned on its head."

"I don't really know what I wanted to kind of say other than I wanted to use whatever platform I have to bring awareness to what Cathy did, what Crane did," Harman said earlier this week. "They disregarded themselves, went into the water, saved my son and how do you thank people like that? I don't know other than to just say what you think.

"I think that bravery and doing something like that for people who aren't your blood is just the most beautiful thing you can do in this life."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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