Lifeguard crashes into pier after buoy gets tangled in railing

Southern California lifeguard suffers life-altering spinal cord injury while on the job

Community members are rallying around a young Southern California lifeguard who suffered a serious spinal cord injury while on duty. Isaiah Osorio, 20, is an Orange County native and All-Star athlete who also works as a Junior Lifeguard instructor in Seal Beach. On June 27, he was teaching future lifeguards various rescue techniques when witnesses said he was on a paddleboard and was taken over by a wave.  The sudden force caused Osorio to hit h…

Lifeguard crashes into pier after buoy gets tangled in railing

By Laurie Perez Click here for updates on this story     SEAL BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Good Samaritans helped free a lifeguard from the Seal Beach Pier after his buoy tangled around a railing while he tried to rescue someone. Witness Hayden Nguyen said he watched in horror as the lifeguard swung into the side of the wooden landing early Monday night. “He had the orange buoy strapped to his wrist,” Nguyen said. “As he tried to jump, the o…