Woman, teenage girl hospitalized after being found unresponsive in Laguna Beach water
A woman and a teenage girl were rescued from Aliso Beach in Laguna Beach on Saturday afternoon after they were found unresponsive in the water.
According to Laguna Beach police, first responders were called to the beach, which is located near Aliso Creek and Pacific Coast Highway, at around 1:30 for a double rescue. They arrived and found that a 15-year-old girl and a 48-year-old woman were both unconscious in the water.
Both were rescued from the water and administered first aid on the beach. Police said that the woman had a pulse but was unresponsive before she was airlifted. The girl was driven to a nearby hospital by an ambulance. Neither of their conditions was immediately known.
Witnesses said that the moments surrounding the rescue were chaotic as lifeguards and other first responders sprang into action.
"You could see all the guards running into the ocean. There was probably like four or five lifeguards sprinting into the water," said Greg Viviani, who was on the beach when the rescues occurred. "They were actually carrying them, like, arms and legs ... carrying them up the beach."
He said that a rescue boat rushed to assist the lifeguards as they brought the victims to safety.
"I don't know who it was, but definitely, it didn't look good," Viviani said.
On Monday, LBPD told CBS LA that both of the victims were expected to make full recoveries.
Saturday's incident occurred nearly a mile from the spot where a 5-year-old girl was swept into the water in June. Her body was eventually found on a beach north of where she went missing days later.
