A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer is lowered to a beach from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at San Luis Pass in Texas, May 24, 2014.
An aircrew with Coast Guard Air Station Houston deployed to the area every day during Memorial Day weekend to warn people not to swim in the the treacherous waters, which claimed four lives in 2013. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Stephen Lehmann, U.S. Coast Guard/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr