On Friday at Sea Island, Brian Harman will have a heavier topic on his mind than the fight to make the cut at the RSM Classic.

A month ago, on Oct. 13, his 6-year-old son Walter was boogie boarding in the surf in Ponte Vedra when a powerful rip tide carried him out to sea. Harman, who was traveling in China at the time for the SJM Macao Open, told the story on Tuesday of how a family friend named Cathy Dowdy, who had accompanied the Harmans on the vacation to Florida, rushed into the water in an attempt to save Walter. She was unable to reach the boy, and in the process she became badly injured. The exact details weren’t clear, but it was severe enough that she has been in a coma for the last six weeks and, according to Harman, is still in critical condition at a Savannah hospital.

Another man on the beach, Crane Cantrell, saw what unfolded and made a similar effort to save the boy. The precise details of what happened next weren’t clear from Harman’s press conference, and Digest wasn’t able to immediately follow up, but from what Harman said Tuesday, it seems as though Cantrell was able to help Walter and make it out of the ocean safely. Ultimately, both Cantrell and the boy managed to reach the shore without serious injury.

“I don’t really know what I wanted to say other than I wanted to use whatever platform I have to bring awareness to what Cathy did, and what Crane did,” Harman said. “They disregarded themselves, went into the water, saved my son. And how do you thank people like that? … I think that bravery and doing something like that for people who aren’t your blood is just the most beautiful thing you can do in this life.”

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help raise money for her recovery efforts. As of Friday, it had raised $88,820.

Harman said that telling Cathy’s story at the press conference was his way of expressing his appreciation, and his hope that she recovers.

“Cathy’s still hurt real bad,” he said. “We’re thinking about her. The outpouring of support we’ve gotten from Glynn County and the St. Simons community another one of the most touching things I’ve ever experienced. For all we’ve been through and for how terrible it’s been for Mike and Christina and Nicole [Dowdy’s family], they’re family for us and we’re with them ’til the end.”

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com