HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) - A 6-year-old boy from Ohio, who is deaf, recently lost his cochlear implants in the ocean while visiting Myrtle Beach with his family, but two other visitors were able to find them and help the boy hear the ocean again.

Greyson Coffmon's family was recently on their annual family vacation at Ocean Lakes Family Campground when he went to the beach before his mother could secure his two cochlear implants to his swim shirt.

He got caught in a wave, and both his implants fell into the water.

“It was instant panic for me," Ashley Coffmon, Greyson's mother, said. "Honestly, I was devastated because those were his first set. He was implanted at 9 months old.”

When they couldn't find the implants, Ashley posted on Facebook, hoping someone would find them and return

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