24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean
Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican coast.
TL;DR
- Josh Law, 24, is a U.S. Coast Guard swimmer.
- He was lowered from a helicopter into the Pacific Ocean.
- The rescue occurred at night in pitch black conditions.
- The location was far off the Mexican coast.
- The ocean conditions were described as rough.