Another dramatic rescue of a young life has taken place this summer as strong ocean waves and powerful tides continue to prove challenging for vacationers and travelers.Two lifeguards at Silver Beach in Volusia County, Florida, are being credited with lifesaving action on July 30. Lifeguard Dempsey Manhart was just about to take his lunch break, he said, when the family of a young child flagged him down, frantically waving for help, as FOX 35 Orlando reported.CALIFORNIA LIFEGUARD SPEAKS OUT ON HEARTSTOPPING OCEAN RESCUE: ‘I LOVE WHAT I DO’ The boy was unconscious and was being held in the arms of a family member, Manhart recalled. He began helping to bring the boy in from the water when his co-lifeguard, Mackenzie Malone, arrived beside him and checked the boy’s pulse — at which point the lifeguards immediately began CPR on the child. Two lifeguards at Silver Beach in Volusia County, Florida (not pictured), are being credited with saving the life of a 5-year-old child who was pulled unconscious from the ocean on July 30. (iStock)Malone, who's been working as a lifeguard for her fourth summer, told FOX 35 this was the first time she experienced saving a child from drowning. "We’re always expecting anything," she said."We’re always prepared.
We always make sure that we know what to do no matter what the scenario is." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERShe said the moment her co-lifeguard shouted to her that he was going on a rescue, "I knew that it was going to be serious."Then everything kicked up a notch. Swimmers are pictured enjoying the Atlantic Ocean at Hollywood Beach, Florida.Another dramatic rescue of someone struggling in the ocean this summer has just taken place. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)"The moment I saw that [the child] was unconscious, that he had a wound on his head … I knew that it was going to be something big." The duo began performing CPR on the child.In short order, he began breathing on his own again. A l...