{"id":461012,"date":"2025-12-20T23:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/461012\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T23:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:22:15","slug":"los-angeles-deputies-on-video-racing-to-rescue-paragliders-from-drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/461012\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles deputies on video racing to rescue paragliders from drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Two Los Angeles<\/a> sheriff\u2019s deputies were caught on camera rescuing two paragliders from drowning on Friday after they fell in the fog-covered ocean<\/a> near Malibu.<\/p>\n

Bodycan footage from one of the deputies<\/a> showed them racing into action after responding to a call of two victims in distress, with authorities yelling to the paragliders to “Hang on!”<\/p>\n

“Without hesitation and fully aware of the danger, LA County Sheriff’s Department Deputies Matkin and Grigoryan removed their department-issued gear and jumped in the water,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deputies swam out roughly 75 feet to a man and woman whose feet had become entangled in their heavy safety equipment that was pulling them down, which the deputies were able to cut off with their knives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Two Los Angeles sheriff\u2019s deputies rescued two paragliders from drowning on Friday after they fell in the ocean near Malibu, Calif. (FOX 11)<\/p>\n

Deputy Christopher Matkin called the rescue “tense,” explaining that the frantic paragliders kept pulling them under in their panic.<\/p>\n

“We were able to calm them down,” he added at a press conference.<\/p>\n

Deputy Sevak Grigoryan said that they didn\u2019t have much time to think.<\/p>\n

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LA County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Sevak Grigoryan discusses the rescue he and a fellow officer made off a beach in Malibu. (FOX 11)<\/p>\n

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“It was just, \u2018We gotta act and we gotta to act now,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The department said the paragliders\u2019 ill-fated trip likely happened as they descended and ran into the ocean\u2019s fog bank.<\/p>\n

“And that\u2019s where it appears they became disoriented and crashed into the ocean,” a third deputy said.<\/p>\n

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Deputy Christopher Matkin called the rescue “tense.”\u00a0 (FOX 11)<\/p>\n

Both paragliders are expected to fully recover.<\/p>\n

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“This rescue demonstrates the courage, quick thinking, and selfless dedication of LASD deputies, who routinely place themselves in harm\u2019s way to protect and save lives,” the department said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Deputies Matkin and Grigoryan\u2019s decisive actions under dangerous conditions exemplify the Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s commitment to public safety and service to the community.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Los Angeles sheriff\u2019s deputies were caught on camera rescuing…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":461013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,166818,2961,224,5337,76332],"class_list":{"0":"post-461012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-heroism","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-police-and-law-enforcement"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115754470932145559","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}