We have a job to do. We save lives, whether it's a human life or, in this case, a deer,' said one of the rescuers

C hase Hunter, a senior lifeguard with Flagler Beach Ocean Rescue, said he initially didn't think a deer was floating out in the waves. Ocean Rescue and the Flagler Beach Fire Department were responding to a call of a deer spotted in the water on the south end of the beach July 6.