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put lessons fromJunior Lifeguard into actionA brother and sister have partici paced in theprogram for a couple of years. 1 .ast month, thesaved three teenagers who were stuck in riptideS SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDINGm WRITERthing to say so she wouldn't feel so pan* ieked.AtThey didn't even get the girls' names.The professional lifeguards had goneOn Oct. 17, shortly after sunset. siblings Cameron and Lucy Granger res-oflf-duty for the night. By the time rescue trucks - sirens wailing - arrived incued three teenagers caught in a riptideat Huntington State Beach“I heard screams and saw themresponse to a 911swimmers, the girls already were backdrowning, said Cameron, M, who hadat their bonfire party.been body surfing moments before.Lifeguards cheeked on the girls but did not take their names.**I put my fins back on and went in. ItmThere was no reason to' documentwas pretty much instinctthe incident because it was a citizen res-Lucy, 12, followed dose 'behind.cue that didn't require medical atten-“One of the girls grabbed my shoui- tion,” said Chris Egan, coordinat or ofana venegas STAFF photographer der and 1 helped her through the the Huntington Beach and Bolsa ChicaJunior lifeguards Lucy Granger, 12, left, and Cawaves, said the seventh-grader. “I told Junior Lifeguard programs.meron Granger,her, ‘You'll be OK I’m a junior life-|n Huntington St^te Beach on Oct. 17.guard.’ It just seemed like, the rightSEE SIBLINGS* PAC^E 6
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