Fisherman in New Zealand rescues toddler floating at sea

Gus and Sue Hutt.
(Image credit: Troy Baker/Whakatane Beacon via AP)

Had Gus Hutt been a minute later or gone to his usual fishing spot, he would not have been in the right place at the right time to rescue a toddler who wandered away from his parents' tent and ended up in the ocean.

Hutt is a regular at Murphy's Holiday Camp on Matata Beach in New Zealand. Early in the morning on Oct. 26, he was about 50 feet from shore when he saw what he thought was a doll in the water. He reached out and grabbed its arm, "but then he let out a little squeak and I thought, 'Oh God, this is a baby and it's alive,'" Hutt told The Whakatane Beacon.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.