Mystery hero who saved boy at sea identified as Army sergeant

The Sokcho Coast Guard plans to commend an Army sergeant who rescued a young boy from the sea off a beach in Goseong, Gangwon Province.

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Go Yeong-woo of the Army’s 22nd Infantry Division was identified after the boy’s father posted an online appeal seeking the man who had saved his son.

According to the father, the boy was being swept out to sea while swimming at the beach.

The father had called the 119 emergency service but was unable to reach his son.

Go entered the water carrying a swim r ...