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CENTRAL COAST EXPRESS ADVOCATE / AAP.Max Taylor poses for a photo with his surfboard on Wamberal Beach. Saturday 16th June 2019Max rescued a UK swimmer in March he was just 11-years-old at the time (now12)(AAP IMAGE / MARK SCOTT)
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Young boy’s rapid response saves man from drowning

Max Taylor was only 11 years old when he jumped into the rising swells to save a drowning backpacker caught in a deadly rip at Wamberal beach on the Central Coast. He has now been nominated for a News Corp Australia Pride of Australia Award.

George Rudonski, 58, was saved by his Pomeranian Gucci from a house fire last night at their home on Dargie Place in Eagle Vale. Around 11pm last night, firefighters attended a property in Eagle Vale after reports of a fire. The property was found severely damaged and the homeowner escaped almost unscathed, hospitalised for smoke inhalation. The man's little pomeranian saved his life by alerting him to the fire. Picture: Jonathan Ng
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Plucky pomeranian saves her owner from blaze

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and Gucci the pomeranian might be the smallest and furriest of them all. The two-year-old pooch saved her owner George Rutonski­’s life when his Eagle Vale rental home caught alight as he slept.

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