Hero - Jay’s mum has spoken of her pride, calling his actions “amazing”

It is thought the boys crossed a small wall that separates the shallow end of the river from the deep end then were caught in the strong undercurrent.

Jay said: "I think they didn’t realise there was a wall there and they dropped under quite suddenly.”

His mum Bridgett, who caught the whole episode on camera, said: “It was all over quite quickly, but very shocking.

"Lucky Jay is quite tall, so he just got in and carried them out. We got them out to the water edge and some of their relatives took over.”