The Brief
- A dramatic rescue was caught on video when two kids were pulled from a collapsed sand hole in Newport Beach by lifeguards.
- The video, posted to X, shows how a wave caused the hole to collapse, trapping the kids from the waist down.
- In the wake of the incident, lifeguards are reminding beachgoers to stay safe amid a beach hazard warning in Southern California.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – New video has emerged from a dramatic sand rescue in Newport Beach where two kids had to be pulled out of a collapsed hole by lifeguards.
“Once that sand gets wet it gets heavy,” said Capt. Mark Herman from the Newport Beach Lifeguards. “It basically buried them from their waist down. They couldn’t get themselves out.”
According to Herman, the rescue took place last month not too far from the Newport Beach Pier.…