Chief Petty Officer Aniahau Desha, Hospitalman Gaston Yescas, Petty Officer 1st Class Sheldon Lucius, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Essick saving the world

The Navy Times tells the story of Chief Petty Officer Aniahau Desha, Hospitalman Gaston Yescas, Petty Officer 1st Class Sheldon Lucius, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Essick, all members of the All-Navy Men’s Vollyball team, were at Naval Station Mayport beach in Florida with their families last week when they heard some women calling for help;

“We’d just sat down, and some ladies came up the beach were yelling for help, seeing that the girls were out in the waves, needing help. They were in trouble, so we just ran into the water and got them,” Desha told U.S. Armed Forces Sports.

The sailors, members of the All-Navy Men’s Vollyball team, pulled both girls out of the water, performing CPR on one until emergency personnel arrived.

“When we got on shore, as soon as I picked her up, I noticed that she wasn’t breathing. It was obvious that she wasn’t breathing. I checked for her pulse ? there was no pulse. So we immediately started chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth,” said Desha.

The girl has since been released from the hospital.

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