Two Arizona high school students rescued a pair of drowning people in the waters off Sunset Cliffs in July 2020.
Haugen, then 16 and a licensed lifeguard for the city of Phoenix, is credited with jumping into the water and guiding the victims to a low-lying cliff area where they could exit the water.
A wave then separated him from the others, leading him to call to his friend Watson, then 15. Watson swam to the victims, pushed the girl onto a ledge, then held onto the woman and kept her above the water's surface until a lifeguard boat arrived, according to the commission. A July 2020 article in the Phoenix Independent described Haugen and Watson as best friends since third grade who were vacationing in San Diego for the Fourth of July weekend.
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