"Two separate rescues - including one involving a 9-year-old girl - unfolded less than two hours apart Sunday along the Sonoma County coast, officials said Monday. Both happened during a spell of powerful surf as the afternoon temperature climbed to 74 degrees. The Sonoma County Fire District urged beachgoers to "always use caution at the beach and never turn your back to the ocean.""
"The first rescue took place around 12:45 p.m. at Wrights Beach, just south of Jenner, when a middle-aged man suffered a leg injury after being hit by a wave, according to the district. He was airlifted from the sand to an ambulance and taken to a hospital. About two hours later, firefighters were called to Schoolhouse Beach, 2.5 miles south of Wrights Beach, after a wave swept a young girl into the water."
Two rescues occurred less than two hours apart along the Sonoma County coast on Sunday. The first took place around 12:45 p.m. at Wrights Beach south of Jenner, when a middle-aged man suffered a leg injury after being hit by a wave and was airlifted to an ambulance then transported to a hospital. About two hours later at Schoolhouse Beach, 2.5 miles south of Wrights Beach, a wave swept a 9-year-old girl into the water; her mother entered the surf and bystanders pulled both to shore. Firefighters and paramedics evaluated and transported them to a hospital. The afternoon temperature reached 74 degrees and the fire district warned beachgoers to use caution and not turn their back to the ocean.
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