U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to honour a 16-year-old lifeguard, identified as Ryder, for rescuing a young boy from rough surf off the California coast.

In a post shared on X on Tuesday, Trump said the teenager would be invited to the White House alongside his family and the boy he saved to receive one of the nation’s highest civilian honours.

Praising Ryder’s bravery, the U.S. president described the teenager as a hero whose courageous actions deserved national recognition.

“We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House, with perhaps the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor. Very brave, he deserves it!” Trump wrote.