"It's like something out of the movies. And that's real life for us." 🏊 U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers, or Aviation Survival Technicians (ASTs), deploy to respond in the most #extreme rescue situations on the high seas, on land or in the air. "This rate attracts really strong individuals who are willing to go fight for someone else to live," said Petty Officer 1st Class Graham McGinnis, an AST at Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay. Equally important to their role as #Helicopter Rescue Swimm

A DREAM COME TRUE: Former Ocean City lifeguard Conor Plasha took the leap to become a rescue swimmer with the United States Coast Guard. 🚁🇺🇸 This is his story: 6abc.com/17740545 | 6abc Action News