Photo Gallery: Friends, family remember lifeguard Ben Carlson at Sunday ceremony
Members of the Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa Fire Honor Guard carry the flag to the stage to close the Ben Carlson Celebration of Life ceremony on the beach at Orange Street in Newport Beach on Sunday evening. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
A member of the Honor Guard rings the bell during the Bell Ceremony to close the Ben Carlson Celebration of Life ceremony Sunday evening. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
Lifeguard and good friend Chris Conway speaks at Ben Carlson’s Celebration of Life Ceremony as dad, Chris Carlson, to his left, looks on during ceremony. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
Family and friends attend the Ben Carlson Celebration of Life Ceremony on Sunday evening on Orange Street beach in Newport. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
Parents Chris and Teri Carlson receive Ben’s Dodger trunks from one of the lifeguards during Ben Carlson’s Celebration of Life Ceremony on Sunday evening. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
Friends and family greet one another on Orange Street in Newport Beach, site of the Ben Carlson Celebration of Life Ceremony on Sunday. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
A member of the Honor Guard rings the bell to close the Ben Carlson Celebration of Life ceremony on Sunday evening. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
Newport Beach Assistant Fire Chief Rob Williams speaks at the Ben Carlson Celebration of Life Ceremony on Sunday. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
Jeff Hetschel, Orange County Fire Authority chaplain, hugs Chris Conway after speaking at the Ben Carlson Celebration of Life Ceremony on Sunday. (Susan Hoffman / Daily Pilot)
