World championship surfer Sally Fitzgibbons rescues swimmer caught in beach rip

By Tim Barlass, Smh.com.au
Updated January 25 2015 - 8:50am, first published 8:49am
Aussie gold: Sally Fitzgibbons plucked a swimmer from a rip near Kiama and returned him to his family. Photo: Andy Zakeli.
Aussie gold: Sally Fitzgibbons plucked a swimmer from a rip near Kiama and returned him to his family. Photo: Andy Zakeli.

Three-time runner-up world championship surfer Sally Fitzgibbons rescued a struggling swimmer caught in a rip on a kid's boogie board and towed him back to the beach behind her surfboard.

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