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Reporter stops live broadcast to save drowning child

A Channel 7 reporter has been hailed a hero after rescuing a child during his live broadcast.

Paul Burt was in Surfers Paradise in Queensland when a 10-year-old boy behind him got caught in a rip.

Burt immediately stopped his reporting and jumped into the water to help the child who was with his family of inexperienced swimmers from Pakistan.

“There was a 10-year-old boy ... that got dragged out into this fierce gutter, and of course into this rip,” Burt told 7News after rescuing the boy. 

“Being of a light weight he managed to stay afloat and come in adjacent to the southern side of the gutter.

“About four or five of us jumped in and basically pulled him back to the beach.”

He explained that the boy had taken in a “fair bit of water in” and was treated by paramedics on scene.

Burt took the opportunity to warn swimmers not to risk their lives because they may not get that lucky.

Watch the incredible footage here.

Image: 7News

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Surfers Paradise, Queensland, rip, swimming, drowning