Submerged

Submerged

Synopsis
When Hobie and Tori spots two young girls caught in a rip current, they attempt to save them. As Hobie rescue one girl, Tori attempts to save the other girl, but she hits her head one the rock in the process and is submerged. Hobie returns to the ocean to help Tori save the other girl. But when he sees both the girl calling for help and a submerged Tori, he is torn between saving both the girl and his friend. He then chooses to save the girl and leaves Tori in the water. After he saves the other girl, he races back to help Tori. After getting her out of the water, both the lifeguards and paramedics resuscitate Tori. They get her heart beating again, but she is left comatose. Hobie is left to face the wrath of Tori's anguished father, Jake and his own deep feelings of guilt of not properly backing her up. In the end, Jake realizes that Hobie wasn't to blame and that he knew the risks his daughter was taking as a lifeguard. He also revealed that he lost his son to cancer years ago and that seeing Tori in a hospital bed had brought back painful memories. This makes the lifeguard have an understanding on why Jake cherishes his daughter and is overprotective of her. Tori wakes up from her coma and everyone rejoices.