Why would a teenage girl go swimming in the ocean
at night? Nobody knows. We do know she was in serious
trouble by the time the rescuers finally rescued her.
It was nighttime; there were no lifeguards on duty.
We were in Ocean City, New Jersey, and the only
people who could help her were people who ran from
the boardwalk and stripped off their shoes and some
of their clothes to try to get in there and help her.
Now, one person had the presence of mind to bring
a life preserver. The girl who was drowning refused
it. She actually fought off the rescuers who were battling
this strong undertow, and then you heard this strange
cry out there, "Hit her!" Sounds cruel but they thought
that was the only way to save her. And they hit her.
And she did go under; she ended up unconscious. They
grabbed her. They brought her in and finally rescued
her. When I heard "Hit her!" I remembered what my
friend Jim had said. He was a lifeguard on the Pacific
Coast for a couple of years and he described what he
called a hard rescue. He said, "If they keep fighting
a rescue, knock them out."
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