🇺🇸 A 24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer jumped into pitch-black waters and saved 16 lives. Josh Law was lowered from a helicopter into freezing Pacific waters, about 140 miles off Mexico's coast, after a boat carrying 27 people capsized. And the conditions were brutal. Waves up to 8 feet high, barely any visibility, and people scattered everywhere, some clinging to wreckage just to stay afloat. Law was the only rescue swimmer aboard the four-person helicopter crew. The others were busy flying, keeping the helicopter steady and lifting people out of the water. So for 90 minutes, he swam back and forth, dragging survivors to a rescue basket one by one, even as his own suit filled with water and started weighing him down. Some survivors had injuries consistent with shark bites, and Law even treated wounded passengers during the flight back. Sadly, 11 people were never found. Law admitted he was exhausted, but kept going because he knew the people struggling in the water had it far worse. An absolute fucking hero. Source: The Washington Times / Writer: Daniyal