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 blocks to my right was another 1 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 sure 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 (吸)down into the 5. Mike saw it and he ran at full speed to the ocean.
I called for backup(支援)and said, "Two children 6 in water. Call for backup. 17 was out. I'm going. "
By then, the mother of the two kids had 7 what was happening. She screamed(大喊). I started rushing toward the ocean, but 8 I was even halfway there, Mike had reached the kids —a boy and a girl. Mike told me later that he 9 to the boy first, and when he turned to the girl, he had to dive into the water and catch her by the hair to 10 her out.
When I reached the mother, Mike was 11 in waist-deep water. The kids were so 12 that they couldn't walk, so Mike got one kid under each of his arms and brought them onto the beach.
I 13 the mother and said, "Hey, it's going to be OK. They're safe now." I saw that the 14 look started to disappear from her face
What a frightening experience! What a 15 Mike is!
