Dylan Efron is taking a look back at a heroic moment.
While appearing on the new episode of Brooke & Connor Make a Podcast released on Thursday (April 17), the 33-year-old influencer and Traitors winner recalled saving a few women from drowning during his first time visiting South Beach in Miami.
Keep reading to find out more…“It was really random,” Dylan said with a laugh, noting that he was with his friend Brennon and Traitors co-star Sam Asghari.
“I just walk up the shore for the first time ever, and I’m looking out, and there’s people screaming in the water,” Dylan recalled, adding that he didn’t believe that it could be a shark because “the currents were ripping.”
“I just saw five girls, like, their hands were up, screaming. There’s people on the shore with their hands up,” Dylan continued. “So I just looked around, and there’s no lifeguards around. … Me and Brennon just look at each other, and we just sprinted out there.”
Dylan, who is Zac Efron‘s younger brother, said that there were two women in the ocean that were close to the shore who “already had a guy helping them in,” while the other three were “out further.”
“So I swam one in, swam back for another girl,” Dylan said.
“The last girl I swam in, I was just trying to calm her down. Just saying, ‘Breathe. Breathe,’” Dylan recalled. “And she’s just wrapped me in the biggest hug, like, doesn’t wanna let go. So we hugged for like a full minute, just hugging this girl on the shore. I’m like, ‘You’re safe. You’re good.’”
Once they made it safely to the beach, Dylan said that the woman “never said [another] word” to him, and they both “just walked away.”
When asked if he was hesitant about going into the ocean, given the powerful rip current, Dylan answered, “I’m in the water a lot, so I just felt comfortable.”
He also pointed out that he and Brennon “ended up, like, a football field length away” from where they first entered the water.
“The current was strong,” Dylan reiterated. “The girls probably just got a little too far and got scared.”
In another recent interview, Dylan revealed the major Star Wars role he auditioned for.