Beach Rescue

• N.S. nurse on rescuing girl from powerful rip current: ‘I was just trying to get to her’

  When Nova Scotia's Emily Churchill heard a panicked scream while enjoying a day at the beach with her friend, she says, 'instincts took over.'

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2024
  
• N.S. girl saved by off-duty nurse when rogue wave pulled her out to sea

  A nurse is being hailed a hero after her quick response saved the life of a 12-year-old who had been pulled out into the ocean by a rip current while enjoying a day at the beach.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2024
  
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• Dozens of bystanders form line to find missing child at Ontario beach

  OPP said the six-year-old was last seen in the water at Sandbanks Provincial Park when dozens of bystanders jumped in to help find the child.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2023
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• London, Ont. man receives St. John Ambulance award for rescuing family

  A London, Ont., man has received a gold St. John Ambulance Life-saving Award for saving a family from drowning at a beach in summer 2021.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2022
• Man dead after beach sand tunnel collapses

  A fun day at a California beach ended in tragedy Monday after a man was killed when a sand tunnel he was digging collapsed and buried him.

  World

  Jul 23, 2014