[Editor s note: As a caution, this report does discuss suicide.]
Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue lifeguards will return full-time to the beach later this month and they’ve dedicated their 2021 season to one man: Captain Jeremy Owens. We’ll hear from the guards who hope to carry on his legacy.and the family that still misses him.
On Saturday, May 1st, 2021, rookies and returners came to the
Crystal Pier, near the Oceanic restaurant, to compete for a spot on the Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue team.
Tom Hanna, Wrightsville Photography Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue tryouts on May 1st, 2021.
“So I was here actually at his first tryout, and I would come every year to tryouts, and I was so proud of him. I would usually stand underneath the Oceanic so I could watch and not interfere or get in his way, as moms can sometimes, but I wasn t one of those moms, so yeah, I do remember, and it was great,” said Debbie Owens, Jeremy’s mom, remembering her son trying out for oc