. >> andre botha has a knew title, hero. he's been credited with saving the life of a surfer knocked unconscious during a competition sunday in hawaii. >> reporter: geiselman is seen taking off on a wave, but the barrel collapses around him and he disappears. >> yeah. he's out. >> reporter: unconscious, he reappears. now with a body boarding champion. botha tries to keep the head above the surface and performs cpr. >> the first thing that went to my mind was that he was dead. his face was like a dark blue, almost purple. >> reporter: powerful currents threatened to sweep them away. life guards jumped in to assist. >> hold onto the surfer's body, and help until we got there, and got to him. >> reporter: once on shore, geiselman regained consciousness and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. on monday, he posted a picture sitting up in his hospital. in a message he thanked botha and the rescuers. >> from my point of view, i was at the right place at the right time. there are so many people saving lives every day t

botha tries to keep his head above the surface and perform cpr. >> the first thing in my mind was that he was dead. purple. >> reporter: powerful currents threatened to sweep the para way but lifeguards jumped in to assist botha. >> he held on to the surfer's body and helped until we got there and got to him. it was amazing. >> reporter: once onshore, geiselman regained consciousness and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. on monday, eric geiselman posted a picture of evan to facebook sitting up in his hospital bed. in his message he lanked botha and the other rescuers. >> for me i was just the right person at the right place at the right time. there are so many people saving lives every day that don't really get recognition that they deserve. >> reporter: geiselman was held under by consecutive waves following the wipeout. he is currently in stable condition. norah. >> elaine, he is so lucky to be alive. thank you so much for that story. the first in-depth interview with the lululemon's founder. he wants to take fashion now >>> he is the son of conservative icon william

. >> andre botha has a knew title, hero. he's been credited with saving the life of a surfer knocked unconscious during a competition sunday in hawaii. >> reporter: geiselman is seen taking off on a wave, but the barrel collapses arounhim and he disappears. yeah. he's out. >> reporter: unconscious, he reappears. now with a body boarding champion. botha tries to keep the head above the surface and performs cpr. >> the first thing that went to my mind was that he was dead. his face was like a dark blue, almost purple. >> reporter: powerful currents threatened to sweep them away. life guards jumped in to assist. >> hold onto the surfer's body, got to him. it was amazing. >> reporter: once on shore, geiselman regained consciousness and was rushed to the hospal in critical condition. on monday, he posted a picture sitting up in his hospital. in a message he thanked botha and the rescuers. >> from my point of view, i was at the right pdace at the right time. thererare so many people saving lives every day that don't really get the

in a message, he thanked botha and the other rescuers. >> from my point of view, i was the right person at the right place at the right time. i mean there are so many people saving lives every day, that don't really get the recognition that they deserve. >> he was held under by consecutive waves following the weekout. he is currently if stable condition. norah. >> elaine, he is so lucky to be alive. thank you so much for that story. only on "cbs this morning" the first in-depth interview with lululemon founder, see what to take >>> he is the son of christopher buckley, jr., returns with a new story of power, greed, church and state. are you watching "cbs this morning." .logist about a biologic, this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. doctors have been prescribing humira for more than 10 years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contrubutes to ra symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tubercu

botha tries to keep his head above the surface and perform cpr. >> the first thing in my mind was that he was dead. his face was a dark blue, almost purple. >> reporter: powerful currents threatened to sweep the para way