SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A 19-year-old San Diego State University sophomore is facing a life-altering recovery after a swimming accident at Pacific Beach left him paralyzed from the chest down.
Ethan McCoy, an aspiring physical therapist who had been training for an Ironman competition next year, was swimming with friends near Crystal Pier August 30 when the accident occurred.
“He wasn’t too far out. He caught a bad wave. He remembers impacting the sandbar and remembers lying in the water. He couldn’t breathe, because he was face down,” said Jim McCoy, Ethan’s father…