The hero off-duty police officer who drowned on New Year’s day in Australia has been revealed to have been rescuing his teenage son from a substantial rip on the New South Wales (NSW) south coast.
Police Rescue Office Peter Stone, 45, who was on an extended leave of absence for a holiday with his family, dived into rough water at Bogola Beach on Sunday afternoon to get his 14-year-old son to safety after the teen got caught in what authorities called a substantive rip.
