SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man will be honored with the Carnegie Medal for his efforts to save a couple from crashing waves in January 2021, it was announced on Sept. 25.
Tyler Badet, then 18 and a senior at Point Loma High School, was surfing when he saw a man and a woman struggling in choppy waves in a v-shaped cove on Jan. 6, 2021. The geography of the cove created a dangerous whirlpool-like effect in the 59-degree water.
