group that he was with. at that point we started getting more volunteers. helfide organizes the group into three circles surrounding the spot where meena was last seen. the first rescuers are inside moving sand, trying to locate the patient. the second ring is to take the sand from the rescuers, move it further out. the third ring is to take the sand and disperse it further out. as word ripples out that a teenager is trapped, bystanders start converging on the scene and the crowd grows. i just saw a whole row of moms just on their hands and knees just digging as if it were their own child. we had guys in business suits who had seen all the commotion who had come down. girls who were just hanging out on the beach are all there. people are using shovels, buckets, fins, their bare hands. whatever they can grab to dig. i saw one person take a potted plant from their ball coney and dump the plant and