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Drone Used To Save 2 Teens Caught In Dangerous Australian Waves

The full rescue was caught on the drone's camera as it flew out over crashing surf, dropped a floating device and hovered over the boys as they swam to shore.
An unmanned aircraft piloted by a lifeguard dropped a yellow floating tube to two distressed swimmers off Australia's Far North Coast in New South Wales.

Two teenage boys, struggling to make their way back to shore, were saved by a drone in Australia on Wednesday, in what officials say is a first-of-its-kind rescue mission by an unmanned aircraft —

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