 He said he and his family got to Garden City this past weekend, planned to stay for a week for vacation. Thankfully and luckily, he said, their condo was right next to the Azalea Avenue beach access and across the street from a fire station. The wife of the man, or his rather daughter, said things might be different if the paramedics and lifeguards weren't close by. Rob McMahon was off duty and on the beach with his family the day of the incident. He said he went running when he heard a lady yell, "'Help!'