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| Coast Guard swimmer, 24, says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from Pacific Ocean | |
| 2026-10-24 | |
| [NYP] Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a US Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican coast. The force of the helicopter blades pummeled the water, whipping up spray and turbulence. The Coast Guard rescue swimmer couldn’t hear anything over the noise or see anything in the darkness. Waves of 6 to 8 feet hit him. All he could do was follow the searchlight from the helicopter with the hope it would lead him to the more than two dozen people flung into the cold waters some 140 miles off the coast of Mexico’s Baja peninsula. He would personally rescue 16 of them. Possibly a duplicate posting, but I suspect it's worth reading again. I hope these young people are appropriately recognized.
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| Posted by:Besoeker |