DROWNING WOMAN PULLED FROM LAKE, RESUSCITATED.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer A lifeguard at Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² is being hailed as a hero after pulling a drowning and unconscious woman from the water over the weekend, authorities said. Roy Riley, a lifeguard at the lake for five years, was patrolling the swim beach at the facility's lower lake after 1 p.m. Sunday when he spotted two people in distress in the water and immediately swam out with a paddle board A printed circuit board that is used to adapt one device to another. It typically has an edge connector for plugging into a slot and contains very few electronic components. The name came from an early personal computer game card that added paddle board capabilities to the machine. . ``One (victim) ... was able to walk up to the sand,'' said Riley, 39. ``But there was a female under 7 to 8 feet of water and I noticed she was sinking. I pulled her to the surface. Her eyes were rolling back in her head and she wasn't breathing.'' Riley said he got the 21-year-old woman to the shore, laid her on her back and opened her airway airway /air·way/ (-wa) 1. the passage by which air enters and leaves the lungs. 2. a device for securing unobstructed respiration. . Within 10 seconds the woman became alert and re-oriented, he said. When asked about the rescue, however, Riley deflected de·flect intr. & tr.v. de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. [Latin d any praise and stressed that the lifeguard staff at the lake is well trained and constantly watchful of swimmers and boaters. ``The stuff I did Sunday, the lifeguards here do that on a daily basis,'' he said. ``Everything we do is pretty much a team effort.'' Sheila Ortega, public information officer for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Parks and Recreation Department, said her dealings with the lifeguard staff at Castaic Lake have taught her that the team is very modest. But that does not diminish her esteem for the lifeguards. ``With the lifeguard staff, all of them have that same attitude,'' Ortega said. ``But they're heroes as far as I'm concerned. They really do put themselves in harm's way harm's way n. A risky position; danger: a place for the children that is out of harm's way; ships that sail into harm's way. every time they're in one of those situations.'' Steep budget cuts forced the elimination of about a dozen lifeguard positions last February, but the county was able to allocate funds that restored the positions by Memorial Day weekend, Ortega said. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color -- ran in SAC edition only) Roy Riley, a lifeguard at Castaic Lake for five years, deflected praise for saving the life of a 21-year-old woman. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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