Overview
- Deputies Christopher Matkin and Sevak Grigoryan shed their gear and swam about 75 feet off Carbon Beach after a 12:30 p.m. distress call.
- They found a man and a woman ensnared by heavy paragliding lines around their legs and cut the cords with knives to free them.
- Matkin called the rescue tense as the panicked victims repeatedly pulled the deputies underwater before they were calmed.
- Fire and paramedic crews evaluated the couple on shore, and authorities report both are okay and expected to recover.
- LASD released body-worn camera footage of the incident and says the precise cause remains under review with fog-related disorientation the preliminary assessment.