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I had the pleasure and honor of serving as Newport Beach ocean lifeguard (救生员) for five years. One day, I was working at Tower 15, Two (1) to my right was another guard named Mike, who was working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, "I have noticed a couple of kids. I am going to give them a (2) . Keep an eye on us."
I said. "Sure." And he (3) .
Anytime you got out of your tower, you were (4) to let somebody else know, so as to avoid accidents. And (5) enough, as soon as he hung up the phone, a rip current (离岸流) snapped up under these two kids, and they were getting sucked down into the water. Mike saw it and he ran at full (6) to the ocean.
I called for backup and said, "Two children (7) in water. Call for backup. 17 was (8) . I"m going."
By then, the mother of the two kids had (9) what was happening. She screamed. I started rushing coward the ocean, but (10) I was even halfway there, Mike had (11) the kids — a boy and a girl. Mike told me later that he got to the boy first, and when he turned to the girl, he had to (12) into the water and catch her by the hair to (13) her out.
When I reached the mother, Mike was (14) in waist-deep water. The kids were so (15) that they couldn"t walk, so Mike got one kid under each of his (16) and brought them onto the beach.
I (17) the mother and said, "Hey, it"s going to be OK. They"re (18) now." I saw that the (19) started to disappear from her.
What a frightening experience! What a (20) Mike is!