OCEANSIDE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A 12-year-old waved down a jet skier and brought three people in distress in the ocean onto his family's boat after watching their boat capsize in Oceanside Harbor Sunday morning.

The Oceanside Fire Department says five people in total were rescued after a 25-foot powerboat capsized in breaking waves in the mouth of Oceanside Harbor at 10:25 a.m. Sunday. Lifeguards in Tower 14 on Oceanside Harbor Beach watched as five people were thrown into the water.

The lifeguard station dispatched a Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Rescue Boat and lifeguards on the beach responded, who initiated a Rescue-Ocean response with Fire Dispatch that included the U.S. Coast Guard San Diego, according to the fire department.

Five people were rescued from the water from several priva

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