Emergency response agencies participate in mass rescue exercise 140305-G-JY570-051

A boat crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego works with Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter’s crew and San Diego lifeguards to recover simulated survivors from the water during a mass rescue exercise near Mission Bay, March 5, 2014. The exercise, sponsored by the San Diego lifeguards, was designed to assess the participating agencies’ ability to work together to respond to a major maritime disaster resulting in a large number of injured people in the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Henry G. Dunphy)