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Rip Current Rodeo - It’s 3 ½ miles of beach called
Surf City USA and 10 million people a year go there. Dan Kaiahua works in
Tower 0, 60 feet above the water on the pier. He spots a boy in a rip and
calls Tower 2. Lindy Shields goes out to him, he’s struggling and
yelling for help. She has him hold the buoy to safety. Rip currents make
swimming dangerous; a teen is arrested for alleged underage drinking; two
dog owners get into an argument. 1/1/08 |
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Sea Hunt - MSO John Elser goes to an assault call. An
Australian girl says a drunk guy came up to her in the water, pushed her
off her body board, wanted sex (have a go), touched her leg, pinched her
butt and swam off. She’s crying, says he’s in his 20s or 30s. Then
another call comes in that another girl was pinched, he was a Mexican. A
lifeguard is injured; authorities deal with an irate couple; and a missing
swimmer is sought. #202. 1/1/08 |
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At HQ a call of a 390 drunk comes in so MSO Claude Panis
drives out there. A guard at Tower 5 has a man who says his drunk
girlfriend was lost in the water. She thought it was funny. They smell
alcohol. The guy says he drank milk. She says you saw me in the water if
you were doing your job and tries to get away. 1/8/08 |
| 204 |
Surfer in Distress - Fourth of July is one of the
biggest parties on the coast with 200,000 people. Matt Karl looks forward
to the next day. Tower 8 - A surfer hits his head and his fingers tingle,
which might be a spine injury. A swimmer struggles against a rip current;
lifeguards deal with a duo who have alcohol; and lifeguards face a
situation in a parking lot. 1/8/08 |
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Swimmers Get Carried Away - MSO Matt Karl warns
people about the rip currents and some get mad. John Elser goes to a
problem with a bodyboarder who is mad he was warned about people getting
hurt. He says the guy gave him attitude when he was getting out of the
water. He has no fins in a dangerous area. A swimmer refuses assistance
from a tower lifeguard; and lifeguards come to the aid of a person who
appears to be having a heart attack. 1/14/08 |
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California Girls - The US Open of Surfing is once a
year. It’s the Super Bowl of surfing. Chief Kyle Lindo says it’s the
biggest and they have to build a city on the beach. MSO Steve says it’s
also BMX bikes and racing. 1/14/08 |
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Beach Blanket Bedlam - the pier is 45 feet up and is
illegal to jump off. Two guys jump off and get caught. They are all proud
of themselves, until guards give them $100 tickets. Kyle Rose asks their
names and runs them for warrants. William says his middle name in Neil, is
that hard to spell? They say they are both Marines, having one last fling
before they go to Iraq, we can’t just have fun? Then, will a hysterical
mother make the search for a missing girl even more difficult? And, the
race is on to save the life of an unconscious man found floating facedown
in the water. 1/21/08 |
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The Girl Vanishes - MSO Matt Karl says it’s high
surf and waist deep water is dangerous. MSO Todd Bartlett spots a man in a
rip current who is really struggling. MSO Claude Panis goes out to him on
a boat to get their faster. Kyle jumps off and he uses a buoy to get him
to the shore. A daredevil kayaker puts more than just himself at risk.
Then, will a dispute over a stolen volleyball erupt into a full scale
altercation? And, when a young man staggers out of the water with an
inexplicably raspy voice, can lifeguards get to the bottom of his strange
symptoms before it's too late? 1/21/08 |
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Fourth of July 2007 - The beach is only 1.3 miles
long. Sgt. Paul Wolcott says they also have the 30th Ironman event, but it’s
not official or sanctioned. Chief Greg Seveli says it’s been going on 30
years so they let it go. Officer Dean Garkow says drinking isn’t
allowed, but they allow it as long as they don’t get in trouble. 1/28/08 |
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Beachside Cocaine Bust - Fourth of July - people were
skimpy red, white & blue bathing suits and some guys came from
Brooklyn. Sgt. Paul Wolcott has deputies coming from around LA. Chief Greg
Savelli says the goal is to keep drinking down and red plastic cups are
used by people hiding beer. Officer Tony Parente looks for red cups.
1/28/08 |
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The Fourth of July attracts 1000s. Detective Wayne Lewis
& Lance McColgan are told about e girl with alcohol poisoning. They go
over and call paramedics. She’s face down drunk in the sand. She’s 16
and they ask if her mother is home. Why? Because you are drunk. She isn’t,
doesn’t know what she is. They want to take her BP and she doesn’t
want to. 2/4/08 |
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On The Fourth of July people act stupid. Officer Dean Garkow
is asked to go to the North end about drunk bocce ball players. They wear
costumes like Lederhosen, Flinstones and bikinis which is OK. They are
drinking though, which is illegal. He tells them to get rid of the beer
and only gives them warnings if they get rid of it. They comply otherwise
he’ll be back for tickets. 2/4/08 |
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They have many rip currents today. Mike Sica says they kill
more people than hurricanes, it’s like a treadmill, but don’t panic.
Monique gets pulled out of a rip and swallowed a lot of water. Tony Diaz
says she has had seizures and they are worried. Her fat mom comes over.
Her pulse is over 120 and they give her air. She comes around and is
thankful. Tower 115 - They get a call of a 19 year old guy pulled out of
the water with no pulse. He starts foaming out of the mouth and they do
CPR. His friends say he turned over and was foaming. A young man is found
unconscious in the water; lifeguards deal with rowdy ball players. 8/4/08 |
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Chief Vincent Andreano goes to a call of a shark on first
street. Jason Casanova says the tide is low so people like to go out.
Leigh Emerson finds a mauled dolphin, which is a bad sign. Then they spot
the shark and they chase it out, but it can come back. Tower 121 - Tayli
Ramos says people aren’t listening and have gotten pulled out in a rip.
She has to go out and Lazaro Hernandez & Efrain Valdez joins her. The
police are called about kids drinking a huge bottle of vodka on the beach.
No alcohol is allowed. An 18 year old says he wasn’t drinking. Lt. Jim
Hogan tells him to leave and police are going to handle it. They know they
aren’t allowed to drink. A firefighter helps lifeguards rescue a group
in trouble in the ocean 8/4/08 |
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Rough water is uncommon and the rip currents are strong.
They have red flags and pull little ones out. 14th Street - A call of a 55
year old man with a head injury. He fell off his bike and hit the sidewalk
headfirst and blood is leaking down the street. Then he goes into
seizures, foaming at the mouth and his pulse is going up. EMS is called
in, they put him on a board, then he suddenly wakes up. Lt. Jim Horgan
says he was by himself and could’ve died there. South end - A 16 year
old girl passed out in the sand. Her friend doesn’t know how many she
drank. She says she’s fine. She drank Smirnoff and is dehydrated and
puking. She thinks someone drugged her. 8/11/08 |
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Mike Pryor is on a boat and stops people for pulling someone
on a jetski. It’s not allowed. Alex Anzorandia patrols the beach and
stops a jetskier who is close to the beach. He doesn’t want to listen to
them and says he is dropping a girl off. They tell him there is no area
for this. He doesn’t care. They say it’s a rental. He goes back in the
restricted area and they shut him down. They get a call of a hit & run
at Bear Cut. There are injuries and lifeguards are needed. Coast Guard and
police are on scene. Tower 101 - A rip takes a girl out over 3 blocks.
Jason Casanova goes out to get her. She says she used to be a lifeguard
and thought she could get out of it. 8/11/08 |
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AVP Association for Volleyball is going on - Sgt. Rick says
it’s the best players in the world. It lasts 3 days. Lt. Gerry Falconer
says it’s big crowds. Shawn Kouri says if the winds pick up they’ll be
in for a lot of rescues. 15th street - a girl gets caught in a rip. Martin
Quintanilla pulls her out. She needs to respect the ocean. Charles Ellis
goes to a call of a yacht leaking diesel fuel. Ofc Mike Pryor goes out
there. The man says it was a bad clamp on the hose. He’s leaking all
over, they can smell it. They can smell the fumes on the beach, it can
make you sick. He has a generator running he needs to shut down so it
doesn’t blow. The boat is 80 feet long and he wants to open the engine
to air it out, clean it up, don’t store the rags there. They stop
smelling it and won’t have to shut down the AVP. 8/18/08 |
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Alex Anorandia says it’s the spot where they had the
drowning yesterday. Two girls were caught in a rip. Shawn Kouri goes out
to them, one says she can’t swim and was pulled out in a rip. Tower 103
- a bunch of girls get in a fight and there’s pushing and they surround
the area to see what will happen. A girl comes up and says a guy pushed
her cousin who is a girl. They say the cops are on the way. Then the guy
comes over and won’t listen. He says wanna fight? Lt. Gerry Falconer
says skimboarding causes all kinds of injuries. Marie broke her ankle. She
calls her mom and is all casual about it. Her mom’s a nurse and says not
to freak out. She wants to go back on the beach. 8/25/08 |
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MSO Tony Villalobos says when they have big surf they have
big rips. They call people in and one guy gets pulled out to sea. It’s a
tough rescue for the guard. He pulls him out and he said he was struggling
for his life. Tower 5 - cervical spine call. A 30 year old man was body
surfing, slammed on his head, can’t hear out of 1 ear and his hands
hurt. Greg E says he had tingling in the arms and they put his neck in the
brace. Daren Ham says the tingling is the spine. Tower 6 - a man got stung
in the foot with a stingray. A girl gets it in the foot, but doesn’t
want to complain. She hopes she’s not allergic, then she starts to get
dizzy, shakes and gets worse. They give her oxygen. Her hands get numb, so
does her mouth. They call code 3. T5 - the man is in stinging pain and
they carry him out. Kyle Rose says it sounds like a neurological problem.
12/29/08 |
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A surf school has a class and students get caught in a rip.
They pull out a couple, then see 2 girls get caught in it holding each
other. One girl says the waves were huge and pulled her out and didn’t
hold her nose, her friend saved her and guards thank her. T6 - a family
complains about a couple practically having sex. They go to talk to them.
They are goofy ugly teens who are surprised and say they should mind their
own business. They leave and deny they did anything bad. T2 - a man is
pulled out of the water unconscious. It’s code 3 and they get a truck to
come with defribulators. They give CPR and use the AED. The machine says
no shock advised and they go back to CPR because there is no pulse, no
beats. A man says he was head down in the water, he was down for a couple
waves before they pulled him out. They go back to CPR and paramedics
arrive and take him away. A man says he was lifeless and foaming when they
pulled him out. Drunk Irish guys are getting out of hand and their girls
take their tops off. It’s illegal to drink there and a woman has police
called over. One guy says he slept the last 2 hours, hasn’t drank. He
friend gets in their face and they warn them to back off. His girlfriend
says he’s been drinking 14 days straight, never stops. Three swimmers by
the pier get caught in a rip. Nick & Chris Hubbard go out to help.
Chris is on top of the pier looking for them, Nick is in the water. They
are sucked back and forth under the pier. Chris jumps down to help because
they aren’t listening. They didn’t realize how much trouble they were
in. T5 - Kelsey hit her head while boogie boarding. She says her neck
hurts and her fingers tingle. Her father asks Kelsey if she is sure it
really hurts. They say it’s not a normal sign, she needs x-rays. She’s
worried about it costing her dad money. They hold her neck in place, but
she is worried about passing out, she is shaking and needs to sit down.
They have to put her in a brace and a board. They load her up onto the
truck and the dad still has questions. He finally relents. They get a call
of a water heater in the water. Eric D & Perry Y go out to get it.
They pull it in and it’s huge and intact. 12/29/08 |
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US Open of Surfing weekend. MSO Claude says they will be
busy with more people. Kirk Sweigard goes to a call of a guy with a bloody
head. Mark says he took a surfboard to the face. His neck is OK, but he
should get stitches. He asks for a butterfly, doesn't need stitched. He
looks at himself in the mirror and realizes he needs them. He doesn’t
want to lose 2 hours on the beach though. They find a surfboard washing in
with no one around. Then they find a guy out real far and go to rescue
him. He was knocked down. A 14 year old girl stepped on something and her
foot burns, doesn’t know what. The ice doesn’t work, it keeps burning
like a stingray stab, but there is no puncture. They can’t get to HQ
because of the crowds. They have her put her foot in hot water to boil it
out. She says it hurts, doesn’t work, wants to throw up, it’s getting
worse. She doesn’t think anything is wrong. They call paramedics, she’s
tired, might be going into shock. They give her oxygen and put her on an
ambulance. Kurt Sandvig says they will treat her. 1/5/09 |
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The pier forms a natural rip current, the water funnels
right into it. A couple of girls were knocked down and had to be pulled
out. They say the current was really crazy and pulled them over. Francis
hurt her foot while skimboarding, she says it hurts really bad, could be
fractured. They put ice on it and it hurts. A boat has died and is coming
in. They go out, then they get a call of a person who jumped off the 40
foot pier and is stuck down there holding on. They have to jump down and
send jetskis. He’s holding onto a pylon when they find him. Then they
get a call more people are down. The jumper says 1 other guy jumped. Then
they find him coming in to the beach and they call the police. They dared
each other to do it and thought it would be fun. The first guy was out of
breath, couldn’t swim, held on, scraped his arms and legs on the
barnacles. Officer William Brubaker gives him a $100 ticket and he’s
just glad to be alive. MSO Chris Clarke goes to a call of two women on a
double bike who were going fast and wiped out. They are cut and need first
aid. A witness who saw it is mad they were going so fast and almost hit
people. He keeps mouthing off at them and then gets into it with a woman
and they make him leave. 1/5/09 |
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Tower 8 - a rip carries a couple kids out who have to be
rescued. North End - a rental bike is attacked by bees that swarms on it.
Public Works is called and he puts on a suit and doesn’t want to spray
poison or it’ll get on them. He shakes them all off and they drop to the
ground. North of the pier - a kid gets smacked in he head with an EZ-up
tent and has a bloody scalp. They get a call of an unconscious man in the
sand. No one knows him. He’s biting, can’t get oxygen to him, pulse is
gone. They have to shave him them shock him with an AED. It doesn’t work
so they start CPR. They shock him again and he starts to breathe. ERT
arrives to take him away. Tower 22 - a 26 foot sailboat comes in too close
to shore. MOS Steve Reuter takes a boat out to them. They have to be a
half mile out. He tells them they are just going in to drop someone off.
No, they can’t. His engine isn’t on, he’s getting too close. He gets
it started and goes. Tower 9 - a crazy man approached 2 women and he
starts yelling, followed them, touched them and says he won’t be punked,
it’s his space. Then he goes after another guy, he is drunk and says it’s
his space, that guy is hating on him, he’s not going to leave for him.
They tell him to pack up and go and he doesn’t want to. They call police
and he leaves, but they follow him. He then starts harassing another girl.
She tells him to go away. Police arrive and check him out. They check his
bag and find an open 40oz. He has no warrants, no one will file charges,
so they put him on a bus and send him away. There are 3 ½ miles of bike
path along the beach. Tower 24 - they are called to a bike accident. Maria
fell off her bike and landed on her elbow really hard. Tony Villalobos
works on her. She has a helmet on, looks like a fractured elbow. ERT takes
her away. At night they go to a fight. The man says he wasn’t home she
did it to herself. She just wanted to go and be left alone. She bit him
and hit him. Both are arrested. She says it’s stupid, won’t sit down,
cries, screams she’s going to go nuts. Anthony Gonzalez says Carla is
drunk and went crazy. Sgt. Chad Nichols says this is normal for her. It
takes 4 cops to subdue her. The man says she’s done it before and will
hurt herself in the car. 1/12/09 |
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A man gets pulled out in a raging rip. He holds onto a
surfboard saying his muscles can’t make it. Then two girls go out and
the shotgun guard goes out for them. He pulls the first one in and goes to
help the others. They wouldn’t have made it. They go to a man who
dislocated his shoulder. He’s done it before and the doctor fixed it.
Now he’s trying to do it himself. He wants to tough it out. He can’t
believe it and needs a sling. It hurts, feels dizzy, wants a ride to the
hospital, but his friend is gone. He goes down, then his ride arrives.
Noah Sinclair says hopefully he gets it fixed. Lifeguard Dan Kiahua is
down and they rush over. He was on a board and was knocked into the
bottom. He heard a crack when he hit and his neck adjusted. He has pain in
his neck and they are worried it’s C3-5. Three kids throw sand and had
an attitude about it so the police are called. They say it’s called
digging a hole. They aren’t hoodlums and weren’t throwing it. They can
be arrested for it. If they do it again they can be cited. They say
digging a hole is illegal at the beach now. Tower 4 - a 15 year old girl
passes out. Her friend says they were running and she just went down and
they carried her out. They go to the volleyball court and a woman cut her
toe on a piece of plastic and is in huge pain. They bandage her up. David
Chandler says the girl who passed out could have lots of things. She says
she can’t breathe, she passed out and paramedics take her away. A 5 year
old boy Oscar has wandered off. They find out he left already today. Troy
Rulmyr says it is a concern. This isn’t daycare. They can’t understand
twice. Two guys get 500 yards offshore and they go out to check on them.
Jason Cloud struggles to get out to them and rescues one of them. The
other one came back, he says he wanted to go to the buoy. It’s he third
time they stopped him that day. 5 year old - it takes 45 minutes to find
him. Dan was OK and he came back to work. 1/12/09 |
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Chief Kyle Lindo says 4th of July is their busiest day of
the year. Surf is high and a big rip pulls people out. Stewart brings 3
people back. They are from Iowa and not used to it. A guy comes out with
blood on his face and doesn't know it. Troy stops to check him. He says he
hit the bottom and his neck hurts. He’s worried about paralysis. He
thinks he’s cool. They warn him and make him sign a release. Tony
Villalobos is on dog beach. A Doberman bites a dog and a girl. MSO Todd
Bartlett checks it out. The Doberman owner denies her dog bit anyone. The
women make threats at each other so police are called in. Another man says
the dog bit his dog, then the other dog. Animal control says they are
liable for damages. A group plays soccer and Alexi gets kicked and is in
shock. She calls her dad for help. They put an air splint on her leg and
take her up where she can be taken to the hospital. They get a second call
of a harassing drunk. Matt Norton goes up to him and he won’t sit down,
asks who he is, won’t listen, denies he’s harassing people. Certainly
I’ve been drinking, I’m not going to deny it. He tells him it’s time
to leave. It’s going to go bad if you don’t listen. He tells the other
guard to shut up. They tell him that’s it. T14 - Alison was playing
volleyball and hit her head against the pole and has a big welt. A guard
holds her neck until they check her out. She’s OK. Drunk - he finally
calms down when a marked police car arrives. Bill has no ID and he
searches him. He drank in the morning, his pass his revoked, so leave. Dan
K says the pier is like a cheese grater. An old man went in for a soccer
ball and is trapped. A huge rip opens up and pulls a group out so far they
have to go to them by boat. The man with the soccer ball is saved, he didn’t
realize how much trouble he was in. Group - they have to send a bunch of
guards to get them all back. A couple of girls are pulled in and liked it
since the guard is cute. 1/19/09 |
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906: water rescue - Troy Rulmyr goes to 3 girls pulled out
in a rip. One is on a board pulled out so far that they use a boat. A 19
year old man gets a tent stake through his hand. He fell on it. Mike
Bartlett says they can’t take it out so medics are called. They wrap it
up, could pull out tendons. Kevin Berry goes to a man that is stumbling
around. He asks if he’s on drugs or medication. He is Josh (20), says he’s
an artist trying to find his way. He calls for police and Josh runs for
it, hits a bench and falls over. He does it again and hits a girl. Her
husband is pissed at him and Josh denies hitting her and curses at him.
Guards make him back off. Matt Norton wants him away. Josh admits he drank
way too much. Kevin Berry checks the girl and the husband curses him out
for waiting too long to help. He pushes him and firemen arrive and want to
check him out and see his ID and he won’t do it. T8-10 - Erika went
under a wave, got picked up and slammed face first. Dieterman asks about
her neck. She has some pain, nose and lip hurt. They want to put her on a
neckbrace, backboard and have medics look at her. She’s 17 and not happy
about it. Drunk - he doesn’t want to fight anymore. Carlos Gines says
his pulse and BP are too high. Police arrive and the husband comes down. A
woman says her 5 year old is missing and freaking out. A girl got stung by
something, can’t see, is having trouble breathing and walking. She’s
17 and Tony gives her oxygen. She breaks out in hives that burn. They take
her to the hospital. Lost girl - the mom is useless, doesn’t speak
English. The dad can give the info - she's Michelle in a pink suit. They
drive around looking, but there are so many girls wearing the same thing.
Mom is worried about a kidnapping. They’ve never had one there though.
She’s gone an hour and it’s getting dark. They find her a mile and a
half away on another beach. Mom is hysterical. 1/19/09 |
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Chad Hosch says there are a lot of rocks and reefs that make
rips. A couple of girls get pulled out. One panics, one gets out. He goes
out to her and she was coughing, choking, shaking and wanted out. A 26
year old girl is having trouble breathing and going into hives from a bee
sting. Lonnie Stephens says her symptoms are escalating. They take her to
paramedics so she can go to the hospital. South Mission Beach - a woman
says a man passed out on the jetty. An old man was fishing, fell off the
rocks and cut his head open. A kid fished him out and holds him up,
thought he was dead. Sgt. Mike Cranston says it’s the worst spot for
spinal injuries to get him out. It’s cold water, waves are hitting them,
hard to get the boat in. They have to put him on a backboard, on a
surfboard and push him over to the boat. 1/26/09 |
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Lifeguards go in to wait for people to get pulled out in a
rip. Mike Neal goes out to a boy who was getting pulled out. He said he
didn’t want help. Then he wanted help and he pulled him in by jetski.
Sgt. Ed Harris says people are going to look at seals and an animal rights
person hit one woman with a bottle of water. She fled, they called cops
and found out she was on a tour group and tracked her down. Daryl Pawlack
found her. The woman wants to press charges. Her friend says she didn’t
mean it. The woman says her kids were there and won’t drop it. Lajoia
Cove - Shiloh Spangler goes to a call of a drunk woman down. Sgt. Art
Bowen says she was laying on the bench and was there last night. She doesn’t
want help, doesn’t want cuffs, I’m a citizen of the US. You need to
pick up people who litter. What’s your name? I just told you. Turn me
in, do what you want, you need to burn your ass. She’s really
uncooperative. You waste all the time and money to put me in jail, so you
lose. No Christine it’s the drunk tank. You get the drunk girl, not the
whores. They pick up her stuff and she starts kicking the window that it’s
not hers. 1/26/09 |
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Boomer’s Beach is for locals and has a large rip. Brian
Clark goes out, but they don’t think they need help until it’s almost
too late. Lisa Darling goes to a call of a dog locked in a blue van with
no water, in a case & no keys. The owner says he was here, he just had
to get the keys, he didn’t do anything wrong. They write him a ticket
and he has an attitude and they say he can go to jail, then he cooperates.
Mission Bay - a large boat races along, then gets very close to a tow boat
and almost hits him. They see beer, stop him and check him out. He says he’s
only been drinking water and they take him to police. Lajoia - a black SUV
in the parking lot catches fire and people try to put it out, then it
blows up. FD puts it out, it was electrical. Mark S gives a boat captain a
FST. He passes, but refuses a BAC, smells of alcohol and is arrested.
Courtney Hemmerly soaks a guys foot in hot water after he gets stung by a
stingray. Elizabeth Palmer says if he is allergic he will get sick. He
says he’s dizzy and going to throw up. They give him oxygen and he gets
better. 2/2/09 |
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Mission Bay Dock - 2 injured people are brought in from a
Scuba diving accident. One lost air, they shared and came up too fast. The
guy says he was OK, she was in trouble. The diver says he was out cold for
70 feet. They need to put him in a dive chamber, but she doesn’t want
treatment. Rod Messinger says an old guy was driving and got knocked out.
A large mullet jumped out and hit him in the head going 35mph. He says it
kicked his ass, don’t take that fish, he’s going to frame it. At first
they didn’t believe him, but found the fish. He keeps telling them not
to take the fish. Mark Gilmore warns about a big rip, then a mom says her
11 year old son Austin was out there and disappeared. He went under a wave
and didn’t come up. They check water and the beach at the same time, he
is a good swimmer. They find he was dragged a ½ mile in a rip and guards
pulled him out. 2/2/09 |
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Laura (20) is pulled out, ingested a lot of water and has
trouble breathing because of asthma. Pacific - a guy stepped on a stingray
and has a huge boil on his foot. They need hot water and it hurts. Guard
Chris also got stung and is there soaking. Laura is unresponsive. Daryl
Pawlack says she faded fast and didn’t bring her medicine. Oxygen works
to revive her. Mission Bay - Sgt. Rick Strobel goes to a boat that tilted
and spilled fuel and has to close the area. People all flock to Mission
Beach and Charlie Knight goes to a rip to pull a girl out. They were
pulled 100 feet. A surfer gets hit in the face with board and is covered
in blood. Lonnie Stephens says it could be a broken neck. They secure him
and have to drive him to an ambulance. Ladera Street Park - a dog fell
over a cliff 25 feet, but seems fine. Aaron Chase calls him up. Lajoila -
Ofc Robert Atwood gets a call of drunk far off shore. He doesn’t want
help because it’s become a police problem. Lance Mendoza goes to pull
him out and he fights. They cuff him and find a knife, he’s a known
lobster poacher. Sgt. David Rains says he’s up to no good. Joseph Hilton
arrests him, he might have warrants too. He says he has hasn’t drank and
wants a ticket. Chris pulls out a girl trying to save her sister from
drowning. She swallowed water and needs to go to the hospital. 2/9/09 |
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Sgt. Eric Claire says July 4th is their superbowl. Waters
are rough. Lajoila - Brett (8) smashed his face while boogieboarding. A.J.
Vila says they checked his vitals and has trouble feeling toes. Michael
Neal says there is a huge crowd and a side current that pulls people
toward the pier. A couple have to be yanked out. Brett - Angie Hanchett
finds his memory is going and he’s panicking. His mom then finds out and
freaks, but he gets better. A girl tries to skimboard and one foot twisted
and broke. Matt Jackson loads her up. She gets morphine. Mission Bay - a
man gets naked in the water and acts crazy. Sgt. John Everhart says he was
on something. Sgt. Jon Vipond says he was masturbating, wants them away,
makes threats and is angry. They give him a blanket and leave to fake him
out. He does come out and they rush him. He’s arrested. No alcohol or
bottles are allowed. Sgt. Troy Keach dumps beer from an Irish girl.
Lajoila Cove - Tarrant Seatulle goes to Jonathan (17) who freaked out from
something and is shaking. Brian Clark says it could be hypothermia. Then
he says it was a cold and gets better. Lt. Nick Lerma finds illegal
lobster traps and frees 38 of them. 2/9/09 |
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La Jolla Cove - Darryl Pawlack says the surf knocks kayakers
over and they panic. Devil’s Slide is a rocky area that claims a man and
his daughter. Edward Arias says it’s a tough rescue. He comes in over
the rocks and puts them in a ring to safety. Cops arrest a drunk and he
wants no part of it. Will Edelman says he doesn’t know basic answers. He
was passed out on the beach, he thinks he was sleeping. He says he’s a
Marine. They take him to detox for 4 hours. Black’s Beach - a cliff
collapsed on top of a man. Sgt. Troy Keach says he has a serious head
injury. He’s in bad shape, his brother is there. They wonder if there
are other victims. Jason Lindqust says he was buried in debris. They give
CPR and epinfrine. There is no road, no way to get the chopper down. The
drive him on a trailer. Sgt. Bob Albers goes to a RV that went into the
bay. It sinks in the mud and they have to dig the axle out to tow it.
$130,000 down the drain. La Jolla - Sgt. James Gartland says the waves
were surprising people. A man was snorkling, took some water, was coming
out orange. Could be a dry drowning. He’s wheezing, short of breath, one
lung sounds bad, pulse up, goes into shock, gets dizzy. EMS takes him to
the hospital. Ocean Beach - Sgt. Travis Gleason goes to a man sleeping in
the bathroom. He was using his pants as a pillow so he was naked. Cops
know him. He denies drinking and cut loose. Tower 32 - a 4 year old boy
Riley suddenly disappears. His mom was taking pictures of him, then he was
gone. He was found a mile away at Tower 30. He doesn’t know what
happened. Ocean Beach - Alex Riley goes to another bathroom where the man
from before is completely nude. He says he was drying off. They arrest him
now. 2/16/09 |
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Eric Guerro explains about rips. Chris Vanos goes out for a
rescue that turns into a mass rescue. Amber P rescues a fat kid who was
pulled out. Pacific Beach - a man is found not breathing in the water.
They yank him out and start working on him. Sgt. Casey Owens says survival
is limited. Sgt. John Everhart goes to a couple on top of each other at
the surfline. Her nipples are sticking out and they warn them. Then she
jumps on him and he carries her. Cops arrive and the guy asks what’s the
law about kissing. They make them leave and they still stop to makeout.
Pacific - they keep giving CPR and Michael McDaniel has to open an airway.
They drain fluid and give epi shots. Amber puts it in his neck. After 3
shots and 15 minutes they get a pulse. John Kerr says there are accidents
from cliff jumping. A bunch of guys are jumping and they warn them. Brian
Clark says they are trained to jump. Emerald Cove - 3 snorklers are in
trouble. Brian jumps in. Gartland tells him where to go from above. Wind
& Sea - Craig Nowalski goes to a guy who broke his foot, it popped
out. EMS takes him away, no more football. Thomas Wood goes to a bicycle
accident. A man took a spill and he was knocked out for 5 minutes. Esparza
tries to work on him and he doesn’t want any part of it, won’t even
have his BP taken. Ben Douglas says he is drunk, it’s just like DWI. It’s
jail or hospital. He says it must be a joke and keeps cursing them. He’s
taken to the hospital and can be charged too. La Jolla - Lonnie Stephens
goes to a lost parrot call. A woman says he’s Carly and tries to coax it
down. A man gets it, but it flies away, then comes back. 2/16/09 |
