By Steve Plunkett
For rescuing a woman pulled into the ocean by rip currents, veteran Gulf Stream Police Sgt. Bernard O’Donnell was handed a lifesaver award in an emotional presentation Dec. 13.
Tragically, he was unable to save the woman’s 15-year-o
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said Manalapan police received a 911 call about a beachgoer in distress due to rough surf and rip currents about 1/4 mile
Lantana Marine Safety Supervisor Marc Fichtner gave awards to (l-r) senior ocean lifeguard Sam Janssen and lifeguards Jasper Castaldo and Catherine Girard for their rescues of two swimmers. Photo provided
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Delray Beach Ocean Rescue personnel searched for the 17-year-old who drowned recently at Gulfstream Park. From left: Ocean Rescue Officers Raphael Costa and Kyle Stewart, Superintendent James Scala, Ocean Rescue Officers Justin Walton and Justin Rumb
By Tim O’Meilia
Conflicting locations given by scores of 911 callers to emergency dispatchers sent rescuersto the wrong location, at first, of what became the accidental drowning of a Georgia couple in a strong rip current behind a South Palm Bea
By Tim O’Meilia
A week later, Harvey Kertzman is second-guessing himself.
“What if I had gone downstairs a minute earlier? What if I had turned her on herside? Should I have spun her around so her head was lower than her body? What should I hav
