Carlos Rodriguez, a senior lifeguard with Galveston Island Beach Patro,l gets a front row seat to a Coast Guard hoist operation on the beach of San Luis Pass, May 24, 2014. A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Houston has deployed to the pass everyday during Memorial Day weekend to convince people recreating in the area not to swim in the these treacherous waters that claimed four lives around this time last year. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Stephen Lehmann)