Dylan Efron Says He and a Pal Helped Save Ladies from Drowning in South Seaside

Dylan Efron is a hunk and a hero.

Whereas showing on the newest episode of Brooke & Connor Make a Podcast on Thursday, April 17, the 33-year-old influencer (who occurs to be the youthful brother of Zac Efron), recalled saving two women in Miami. 

Whereas laughing, he admitted “it was actually random.”

“I confirmed as much as the seaside,” Dylan started, including that it was the primary time he’d ever been to South Seaside. 

Fortunately for the women, he was in the best place on the proper time.

“And [I] stroll as much as the shore for the primary time ever, and I’m looking and it was simply folks screaming within the water,” he stated.

An intrigued Connor Wooden requested his visitor if he thought it was a shark inflicting the commotion. 

Based on Dylan, the possibility of it being an apex predator didn’t cross his thoughts as a result of “the currents had been ripping,” inflicting important waves within the water. 

“So, I simply noticed like 5 women. Like their arms had been up, screaming, there’s folks on the shore with their arms up,” he recalled. 

The social media star stated he seen no life guards had been round, so he, his “buddy Brandon and Sam Asghari” saved the day. 

“Me and my buddy Brandon simply checked out one another and we simply sprinted on the market,” Dylan stated. “There have been two closest to us that already had a man serving to them in, after which there have been three out additional.”

“So, I swam one in, swam again for an additional lady,” he stated. 

He instructed the podcast hosts that the final lady he helped rescue was extraordinarily grateful for his efforts as he tried to calm her down. 

He remembered “hugging this lady on shore,” telling her she was protected, “after which I simply walked away.”

Wooden joked that regardless that Dylan “walked away, the press was nonetheless capable of decide this up.”

Dylan stated he had no thought how the information traveled, however known as his first South Seaside expertise “actually bizarre.”

“First 10 seconds on this seaside and there’s a rescue, like, Miami’s bizarre,” he stated. “Then we simply walked away like regular.”

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And whereas some have dubbed the rescue a real-life Baywatch second, there are different methods the Traitors season 3 star is aware of easy methods to make a scene.

“The key’s simply realizing that I’m in on the joke. I do know I’m posting thirst traps and a few folks find it irresistible, some folks hate it, but it surely’s enjoyable on the finish of the day,” he instructed PEOPLE on the thirty sixth GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on March 27.

“Instagram is about having enjoyable. I could make enjoyable of myself, so I really like posting a thirst lure,” stated Dylan, who ran the New York Metropolis Marathon in 2024.