Jimenez and her students Elaina Marie Garcia, 26, and Great Chin Burger, 37, sprang into action to provide rescue all while donning their mermaid fins. Garcia, from Avalon, California, has a PADI ...

"We were already in rescue mode," says Elle Jiminez, 33, who was teaching an advanced PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Mermaid class on Oct. 23. "It was just such crazy timing." ...