Hero fisherman Gus Hutt with his wife Sue where he saved the baby's life at Matata Beach. Hutt said he first thought the baby was a porcelain doll before he pulled the infant out of the water. The 18-month-old baby was plucked from the sea at Matata Beach. "He was bloody lucky, but he just wasn't meant to go; it wasn't his time," Hutt told the Beacon. "He was wriggling trying to get down to have a look at everything, he was just a lovely, cheeky little fella," Gus Hutt told the Beacon.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 04, 2018 23:44 UTC