OC Beach Blog » plane crash http://beach.freedomblogging.com The latest news on all things along the 42 miles of beach in Orange County, Calif. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en-us hourly 1 Holiday on the coast brings crowds and a plane crash http://beach.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/05/holiday-on-the-coast-brings-crowds-and-a-plane-crash/2296/ http://beach.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/05/holiday-on-the-coast-brings-crowds-and-a-plane-crash/2296/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:11:45 +0000 Laylan Connelly, staff writer http://beach.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/05/holiday-on-the-coast-brings-crowds-and-a-plane-crash/ The coast stayed somewhat mellow on the coast, with fewer rescues - but beachgoers in Sunset Beach witnessed one lucky pilot able to miss a lot of people at the beach when his plane lost power and he had to do an emergency landing. Photo by Ana Venegas

Register reporters Erin Welch and Cindy Carcamo wrote up a story about the beach conditions on the Fourth of July, showing that rescues were pretty low, especially for such a busy Friday. And fortunately, the plane pilot walked away with a few bruises, and no one on the beach was injured… but it was real close.

It was so packed, that all the hundreds of firepits at Bolsa Chica and Huntington State Beach were nabbed by 6:30 a.m., according to state lifeguard Ryan Gates. Parking was gone by 10:30 a.m.

Here’s the tally of rescues rounded up by Welch and Carcamo, as of 8 p.m. Friday:

 Newport Beach: 50

Doheny State Beach: 15

San Clemente Marine Safety: 44

San Clemente State Beach: 30

San Onofre State Beach: 8

Laguna Beach: 12

Huntington State Beach:110

Newport Beach:70

Seal Beach:12

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