Locals and lifeguards save boy buried in sand
A boy buried under three feet of sand on the beach Sunday was rescued by the combined efforts of local authorities and beach-goers. The 11-year-old Perris boy had been trapped for three to five minutes when lifeguards and roughly 20 bystanders frantically worked to dig him out, authorities said. “The critical window is four to six minutes before irreversible brain death occurs,” said Manhattan Beach Fire Battalion Chief and Los Angeles County Lifeguard Dave Schenbaum. “He was seconds away from turning out to be a fatality.” Lifeguards, the MBFD and the Manhattan Beach Police Department responded to a call at 6:51 p.m. of a possible entrapment near Eighth Street and the waterline. The boy, who was visiting Manhattan Beach with a large group of friends and family, had dug two holes roughly 10 feet apart. He was trying to dig a tunnel between them when the surrounding sand collapsed and trapped him in a kneeling position with his head down. Lifeguards were alerted by a bystander who had been told by the boy’s sister that she thought her brother was buried in the sand, according to Schenbaum. “About 20 parents — mostly from the Eighth Street local crowd — all ran over and started…
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