Camp Pendleton Marine Captain's 17 year old Son Rescues Three Swimmers

Camp Pendleton Marine Captain's Son Rescues Three Swimmers
The 17-year-old saves lives just after his baptism July 31 at an Oceanside beach.
By Lola Sherman
August 8, 2011

When Gizele and Marine Capt. Bryan Stotts asked their son, a day after he returned from a beach outing with a church group, if anything special had happened, he replied that he had been baptized.

Taking nothing from that occasion's solemnity, they asked if anything else occurred at the beach, located just north of the Oceanside pier.

Connor Farland Stotts, their 17-year-old son, finally acknowledged what they already knew, thanks to a text message from the mother of one of the young people involved, that he had been a hero rescuing three drowning swimmers from a riptide in the ocean.

In a recent interview in the family's Oceanside home, Connor still doesn't have too much to say on the subject, although he did admit that “I love the beach.”

But his proud parents have collected the testimonials.
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Camp Pendleton Marine Captain Son Rescues Three Swimmers