tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256738853831938481.post1603771837967018952..comments2024-02-09T23:06:30.646-08:00Comments on County Recurrent: "BIG DAYS Past", by Bruce Morgan, LACo O.L., Ret.William Maguirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541411566541855593noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256738853831938481.post-21073803543089958342010-03-22T13:53:08.908-07:002010-03-22T13:53:08.908-07:00From: Bruce Morgan
Subject: Re: "BIG DAYS Pa...From: Bruce Morgan<br />Subject: Re: "BIG DAYS Past" by Bruce Morgan<br />Date: March 22, 2010 <br />To: Will Maguire<br /><br />I have further details of the SM 15 EVENT which has recently been confirmed as the date April 13th 1980 (by checking my old 1980 evaluation form - and the event was logged as a "swimmers in drug drinking ocean related near drowning.<br /><br />The event according to Lt Don Rosenthal's evaluation records generated positive remarks from Boat skipper Wally Reeves, Lt. Dan Culbert and the Section Chief of the time (D Rorher or Rex Odell?)<br /><br />Best wishes, <br /><br />Bruce MorganWilliam Maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541411566541855593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256738853831938481.post-64051328163578805822010-03-20T07:58:31.096-07:002010-03-20T07:58:31.096-07:00I could have sworn Greg worked for Tower 12 Produc...I could have sworn Greg worked for Tower 12 Productions, but then Tower 18 was a special place in all of our memories.spyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251017646611361354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256738853831938481.post-48397134321342670202010-03-19T14:39:06.098-07:002010-03-19T14:39:06.098-07:00From: Greg Bonann
Subject: Re: "BIG DAYS Past...From: Greg Bonann<br />Subject: Re: "BIG DAYS Past" <br />Date: March 19, 2010 <br />To: Will Maguire<br /><br />A FANTASTIC AND TRUE STORY... BUT, TRUTH BE TOLD, BRUCE WAS OVERWHELMINGLY THE HERO. AS I REMEMBER IT, WE WERE UP IN THE TOWER EXCHANGING "DREAMS"... HIS WAS A MOVIE HE WAS GOING TO MAKE ABOUT WWI AND MINE WAS A T.V. SHOW ABOUT LIFEGUARDS...<br /><br />HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND ANTICIPATED IT COMPLETELY AS IF IT WAS A SCRIPT PLAYING OUT IN HIS MIND... HE SPOKE WHILE HE PREPARED THE BOARD, TIED HIS TRUNKS, TOOK OFF HIS GLASSES, VISOR AND JACKET. HE SUGGESTED THAT I WATCH HIM AND TAKE MY BACKUP ACTION BASED ON HIS "SPEED AND URGENCY" ONCE HE GOT IN THE WATER... I DIDN'T NEED TO WAIT LONG BECAUSE AS HE WAS NEGOTIATING HIS WAY THROUGH THE WALL OF PEOPLE, THE "NINE IN A RIP" BEGAN TO PANIC.. I CALLED IT IN, GRABBED MY CAN AND MOVED AS FAST AS I COULD KNOWING THAT MY MOVEMENT WOULD BE PICKED UP BY THE GUARD IN 14 (NO 1550 IN THOSE DAYS) WHO WAS WATCHING ME LIKE A HAWK... <br /><br />BY THE TIME I SWAM OUT TO THE VICTIMS (THROUGH SOME PRETTY GOOD SURF) BRUCE HAD ALREADY PADDLED INTO THE RIP AND ASSEMBLED THEM ON WHAT I WOULD LATER REFER TO AS "BRUCE'S ISLAND"... IT WAS A MASTERFUL DISPLAY OF BASIC LIFEGUARD KNOWLEDGE (THE ANTICIPATION OF THE PROBLEM), COMMAND OF HIS EQUIPMENT... IN SAFELY PADDLING THROUGH SOME BIG SURF WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE AND SMART USE OF IT!! BRINGING EACH VICTIM TO THE BOARD THEN TOWING THEM ALL SAFELY OUTSIDE THE SURFLINE... IF HE HAD NOT TAKEN THE BOARD WITH HIM, WE MAY HAVE HAD A FATALITY... I CAN REMEMBER GETTING OUT THERE AND SEEING BRUCE SITTING EXTREMELY "TALL" ON THE BOARD LOOKING DOWN INTO THE WATER LOOKING FOR #9... POINTING TO ME WHERE HE WAS SUBMERGED... YELLING AT ME TO "GET HIM".... <br /><br />THE GUY WAS A STUD!<br /><br />BY THE WAY, ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER, BRUCE AND I WERE 'FEET UP,' INSIDE THE TOWER, BACK INTO OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR MOTION PICTURE/TELEVISION "DREAMS" AND BRUCE SUGGESTED THAT I "DRAMATIZE" THAT RESCUE WE HAD JUST MADE IN THE SCRIPT I WAS WRITING... SO I DID AND WE USED THAT VERY SAME RESCUE SCENARIO YEARS LATER ON THE SHOW!!<br /><br />CHEERS TO BRUCE!! WITH MY THANKS FOR A REALLY COOL "TELEVISION RESCUE"...<br /><br />Gregory J. Bonann<br />Tower 18 ProductionsWilliam Maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541411566541855593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256738853831938481.post-67115160647694514872010-03-19T10:58:43.797-07:002010-03-19T10:58:43.797-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com