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Incredible Rescue Vid: Firemen Dig Frantically to Reach CA Teen Buried Alive!

A teenager in Newport Beach, Calif. digging a hole at the beach is in good condition after five feet of sand collapsed on top of him, burying him for nearly 30 minutes Wednesday.

According to the Orange County Register, paramedics and lifeguards got the call at 3:38 p.m. that the sand had caved in over him. About 40 emergency services personnel and beachgoers frantically dug through the sand to find the teen:

Resident Skip Snead told the Register he was driving home when he saw fire and police cars by the beach and he rushed over to see what was happening. He saw everyone digging, looking for a limb or other sign of life, with hundreds of spectators watching.

“Everybody was thinking, ‘They’re going to pull up a dead body,’” Snead said.

Beachgoers cheered when he was extricated after almost half an hour and moved his body and showed he was alive. He was transported to a local hospital.

“Everyone went crazy,” Snead said. “I think he was in shock.”

According to the OC Register, a 7-year-old boy died in a similar incident about 20 years ago. In 2006, a 13-year-old survived after being trapped under sand as well.

Comments (68)

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  • tnturner
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:38pm

    That’s it. Close the beaches for good. They’re just too dangerous.

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  • GadsdenGurl
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:38pm

    And they should cover holes after they are done with them… ever walk down the beach looking at the water and nearly break your leg when you step in such a hole?

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  • Quarter
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:34pm

    Allot of good people putting together!!! God Bless them…

    LET’S ALL GET TOGEATHER AND SAVE THE “REPUBLIC”

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  • encinom
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:34pm

    Saved777
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:10pm
    My son is a lifeguard, and belongs to the tea party…Those are idiot comments, do you realize the oath of any one who holds a cpr card is to get involved in rescue? For no compensation!!!!!
    ___________________________
    No compensation, your son is a SOCIALIST!!! He must let the market decided the value of the life, otherwise the poor would just expect the rich to foot the bill for saving their lazy lives.

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  • Seeds
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:28pm

    Encinoma. I think you have hit below bottom in the human race prayers will be sent your way. Getting the negative out of the way.
    I am so proud of everyone of these human beings in America. This is who the true Americans are. Never give up fighting for an unknown human being they didn’t even know. Amazing miracle with their help. Thanks god their prayers were heard.

    I also believe it now is time to stop the charity nonprofit expenses of person who have obtain the presidential seat and are very hurtful and damaging to all Americans sent the bill from us. The party is over that we funded. Excavate party forward..

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  • Cantbelievemyeyes
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:24pm

    Although this was a dumb idea to dig a hole that big in unstable sand I have to say I’m glad to see a 17 year old doing something physical. It seems to me that these days you will find most 17 year olds sitting on their arsses playing video games or on social network. This was like the good old days when kids did dumb stuff like get caught stuck up in a tree when they climbed up too high. Glad the kid is ok.

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    • leahasevedo
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:39pm

      so true! when i was a kid we used to jump out the top of an oak tree on to a rope swing. things were’nt fun unless they were dangerous. lol! my brother fell straight on his back and laid there for about 20 mins. he was fine after the little break. knocked the wind out of him. we still pick on him for that. lol! so glad the boy is ok.

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  • GatorChomp
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:20pm

    I’ve experienced this. When I was 11, a friend and I saved my 10 yr old cousin and his friend after they were buried. They were digging a cave in the side of a pile of construction sand and it collapsed on them. Lucky we came by about 5 minutes before it happened.

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  • Thighmaster
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:17pm

    Could have used a metal detecter…

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  • affinnity
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:15pm

    Why don’t you go play with your friends on a Liberal site?

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  • Saved777
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:10pm

    My son is a lifeguard, and belongs to the tea party…Those are idiot comments, do you realize the oath of any one who holds a cpr card is to get involved in rescue? For no compensation!!!!!

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  • AB5r
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:07pm

    The guys that knew him weren’t digging?

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:49pm

      You never know, until your in a real life and death situation how you will reaction, most of the time it is 1 of three ways

      1> Complete shutdown, you mind either from fear or disbelief just shuts off
      2> Complete Panic, Running around screaming (most women do this ;) ;) )
      3> Complete Control, most people do not have that ability

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    • YEAHYOURIGHT
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:14pm

      Hey ANCIENT –

      your second point happens to most women? seriously? how ancient of you. and wrong.

      glad the kid is ok.

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    • AB5r
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:47pm

      YYR – How many women were digging? Were they just running around in circles, or continuing to work on their tan? As long as it wasn’t the guy who was going to buy them dinner, no need for them to get involved.

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  • a1776patriot
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:02pm

    That second video ends with the statement “this teen survived… others not so lucky… don’t be like the others…”

    What others does this guy refer too? Is this an epidemic at beaches?

    Anyway, glad that kid survived and heart warming to see so many bystanders digging frantically to find him for so long.

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  • Birgitte
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:02pm

    Actually no. You probably read that on Huffington Post or some other propaganda outlet. What we want is for the Government to provide necessary services at a local level that is competitive with the cost of the private sector. We want social programs to have checks and balances to ensure the Government officials are not just trying to reach quotas and are using the money to actually give a hand up and not a hand out. We want local, State and Federal Government to have to operate on a BALANCED budget just like what we would have to in our own homes. (That means they can’t spend more than they take in, just in case that’s difficult for you to understand.) We want all branches of Government to operate with complete transparency so we can monitor what they do behind closed doors. That’s reasonable to expect, wouldn’t you say?

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  • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:59pm

    Do you get paid per each person that responds to your lame, nonsensical comments?

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  • MONICNE
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:59pm

    ADVERT violates Para K

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  • KEA
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:58pm

    Encinom please present one shread of proof what you claim about the Tea Party.

    Isnt the tbagers position……………

    If you dont know the position why not find out truth instead of incindiary comments. As a tea party attendee I understand fully we need goverment, but a LIMITED governemnt. Why do so many on the left think we want ALL government removed from our lives?

    Anyway, the tea party has their focus on Federal Government. Its state and local government that provides Fire services so trying to link the tea party to your agrument is week at best!

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    • OneofMany
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:41pm

      @encinom – the is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard… post a link to the facts please…..????

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 4:00pm

      @encinom

      you’re being a good Muslim and spreading falsehoods as truth to further your cause. We “Tea Partiers” back our words up with facts and proof.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 4:50pm

      Firemen let house burn over &57.00 fee, by Glenn Beck, Tuesday, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:52 PM EDT

      “…this fire went on for hours because garden hoses just wouldn’t put it out. It wasn’t until that fire spread to a neighbor’s property that the fire department would respond. It turns out the neighbor had paid the fee”

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    • melmatmic
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 8:54am

      Encinom, I still don’t see your point. The fire issue is common in a lot of rural areas where you pay a fee is you want the fire department to try to save your house if its on fire. These are usually volunteer departments and the money is used to supplement the government money that some of them get or to buy equipment if they get no government money. Beck was simply stating the facts. He was not applauding the fact that the firemen watched it burn. This is the last time I will read one of your posts. It is a waste of my time (unless you want to pay me $75/year, then I will read them all!

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  • MONICNE
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:58pm

    I love Newport Beach, frequented by Conservatives (who do not allow socialist leeches and excessive government services) and it is much more upscale than some other California beaches. The Emergency Rescue Team and Lifeguards are all private contractors, and they hand you a bill after saving your life. They are called the Hassel-Hoofs.

    If you do not pay, they can take you to Civil court (but cannot kill you or beat you yet).

    TEA

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  • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:57pm

    Just reported your comment as spam.

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  • IndyNWguy
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:56pm

    Not at all.

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  • Esther6235
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:53pm

    nice article

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  • randice
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:53pm

    I’m glad this kid was saved. Good job to the watchers that were first on the scene that did more but watch. They helped save this kid.

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  • TraceyM
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:53pm

    Stupid is as stupid does.

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  • randice
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:52pm

    You’re a moron. The story was about a saved life. Go take your pathetic excuse for a life somewhere else.

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  • superchaos
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:47pm

    Amazing how the “Old Saying” goes… Keep digging deeper and it will all collapse around you. Kind of like the national debt. A wide old man told my 18 y/o self years ago, “You will never get ahead if you keep borrowing.”

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:36pm

    glad he is safe lets hope next time he doesnt try to dig as deep

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