High Seas Border Patrol

Ed Vodrazka, 50, is a Lifeguard - Peace Officer at the Torrey Pines State Beach.
Todd Bigelow / Aurora for TIME

Eyes Peeled
Ed Vodrazka, 50, is a lifeguard - peace officer at the Torrey Pines State Beach. He feels he'll be hearing a call come in over the radio any day now announcing a capsized boat with over twenty undocumented migrants in the heavy surf.

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