Update: Stonington Teens, Both East Beach Lifeguards, Rescue Kids From Drowning

Check Back Wednesday for interviews with Walsh and Arsenault.

UPDATED at 6:10 p.m.
Stonington Patch has just learned that the lifeguards credited with saving the lives of several young kids that were , as the Coast Guard put it, "being sucked out to sea," at East Beach today are Stonington High School Class of '13 swimmers Joseph "Mac" Walsh and Cody Arsenault. As a point of clarification, officials first told Patch the number of swimmers rescued was 8, then 6 and now we are told the number rescued was 7.

UPDATED at 4:05 p.m.:
Westerly Police Chief Edward St. Clair said initially while it may have been eight reported, it was "six juveniles in distress." Before police arrived, EMTs reported that :all were ashore and being treated," he said.  Three were transported to the Westerly Hospital, St Clair said. He did not know ages or if they were with parents or guardians. "But all were conscious," he said. 

Original Story:

The US Coast Guard at Sector Southeastern New England Command Center confirmed for Patch that the office received a 911 call for "eight swimmers in distress being sucked outt o sea off East Beach in Westerly, RI." The officer said that "within 15 minutes" they were "ready to alunch rescue assets," and then received another 911 call that the swimmers were being rescued. 

Check back with Patch for updates.