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A rookie California lifeguard refused to let go of a 10-year-old boy being tossed by enormous waves, completing the first rescue of his career. Ryder Williams, 16, told his father he simply wouldn't let the child die.
A California police officer defied 9% survival odds twice in seven hours, performing life-saving CPR on two cardiac arrest victims who both survived. His colleague received honors for talking someone to safety during a 31-minute bridge crisis negotiation.
