Lieutenant Koa Lyu was paddling a rescue surfboard through the dark off of Cannon Beach on Thursday night, with waves reaching 10 feet in height, when he heard something over the sound of the surf. Pulling down his wetsuit’s hood, he was able to identify the sound: screaming. Lyu, Cannon Beach Fire District’s head lifeguard, paddled towards the sound and finally caught a glimpse of the person he was looking for: a 19-year-old boogie boarder who had disappeared in the surf. When the call came in, Lyu was getting ready for his badge-pinning ceremony — he was about to receive his lieutenant’s badge, he told The Oregonian/OregonLive. Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: halejamesb #oregon #oregoncoast #theoregonian #cannonbeach #beachrescue