Five minutes later, the rescue swimmer plunged into the ocean beside him.

Air Station becomes operational with rescue swimmers on February 1.

The rescue swimmer was just being hauled aboard.

The rescue swimmer in full wetsuit adjusted his goggles and leaned out the open door.

Each of these divisions has their own training and deployment programs for rescue swimmers.

Which rate a rescue swimmer attains depends on what type of helicopter they are to become qualified in.

Upon graduation from the brutal two week course they will go to the fleet as operational rescue swimmers.

Several cities in Italy are experimenting with working dogs as rescue swimmers.

The helicopter then flew to the second man and hovered as the rescue swimmer went down the hoist rope into the water again.

Used only as an observation platform and for dropping rescue swimmers.