Coast Guard helicopter crews participate in a joint
training exercise with the San Mateo County Harbor
District Pillar Point Harbor Patrol Rescue Water Craft
Team near the Mavericks break at Pillar Point, CA,
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.
The helicopter crews were practicing picking up other
rescue swimmers acting as survivors struggling in the
surf zone.
U.S. Coast Guard Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Boehland