A small plane towing a banner crashed in the ocean Friday during a lifeguarding competition that turned into a real-life rescue along Southern California's popular Huntington Beach.
Corinne Baginski was at the beach for her 17-year-old daughter’s races in the junior lifeguarding division around 1:30 p.m. when she heard the sound of the aircraft slamming into the water. She instinctively turned to the tent where the teens were waiting for the next event to begin as part of the 2022 California Surf Lifesaving Association Junior Lifeguard Championship.
