Episode 264: Brad Torrens, United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer #114
About this episode
Jason Quinn interviews Brad Torrens about his experiences as a United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer.
In this episode of The Real ResQ Podcast, host Jason Quinn sits down with Brad Torrens, United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer #114, for a powerful, wide-ranging conversation that spans the early days of Coast Guard aviation through the birth of the rescue swimmer program—and the personal cost that can come with a lifetime of rescue work. Torrens takes us back to one of his earliest and most intense cases as a flight mechanic. Launching into horrific weather in the Gulf of Mexico on January...
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