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VENICE, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Dangerous rip currents pulled two swimmers away from the Los Angeles County shore near the Venice Pier on Saturday.
“Yesterday was one of the worst rips I’ve ever seen,” witness Adam Rose said. “I mean, it puts the gnarly in the idea of a gnarly rip current.”
Rose captured both rescues on camera on Saturday.
“It was a relief because it’s a really scary thought that people are being swept out like that,” Rose said.
Two lifeguards from the Los Angeles County Fire Department battled through the powerful waves to rescue the two swimmers and return them to safety.
“That was an awesome display of that beach patron or that beachgoer staying calm,” lifeguard Pono Barnes said.
Barnes watched the video and said the swimmer did exactly what lifeguards want people to do: stay calm.
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