Newport Beach, California: Stainless Steel Drowned Lifeguard
2016 sculpture may resemble the Silver Surfer, but it honors Ben Carlson, a lifeguard who drowned only a few feet away while saving a swimmer in July 2014.
- Address:
- McFadden Place, Newport Beach, CA
- Directions:
- In McFadden Square, at the land end of Newport Pier.
- Admission:
- Free
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Memorial plaque and statue of lifeguard Ben Carlson.
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The statue of Ben Carlson is 11 feet tall, and was unveiled exactly two years after he drowned while saving a swimmer. The sculpture by Jake Janz depicts Carlson clutching a rescue tube while he shades his eyes to scan the sea for trouble.