A Sign Of The Times? Lifeguard Rescues Man, Gets Fired

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More and more often, regulations and fear of litigation seem to rule the day. The two are certainly trumping any common sense that was once held by seemingly intelligent people. Just check out the case of a life guard who journeyed outside his jurisdiction to help save a drowning man. His reward? He was immediately fired.
As reported in the Associated Press story on GOPUSA, "a South Florida lifeguard who rushed to save a drowning man has been fired for leaving the section of the beach his company is paid to patrol."
The Orlando-based company, Jeff Ellis and Associates, says Tomas Lopez broke a company rule and could have put beachgoers in his section of Hallandale Beach in jeopardy.
"We have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area," supervisor Susan Ellis told the Sun Sentinel (http://sunsent.nl/R71CCy). "What he did was his own decision. He knew the company rules and did what he thought he needed to do."

 

So, while everyone in the sector he is paid to look after is all safe and sound, just outside of his sector a man drowns and dies eh?
He then gets prosecuted for leaving a man to die outside his sector and not going to his aid, a case of wrong if you do and wrong if you don't, and is just one more incidence of the current stupidity of some of those in charge.

Nev.

 

They are offering him the keys to the city, im happy to say.

no one could have said that better,
Plastic Nev

 

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-07-05 ews/fl-lifeguard-follow-20120704_1_lifeguard-top-boss-jobs


UPDATE: The Hallandale Beach lifeguard who was fired earlier this week for leaving his zone to help rescue a nearby swimmer will get an offer to go back to work, his top boss said Thursday.
The offer will also be extended to two other lifeguards who were fired in connection to the incident. Several other lifeguards who have since resigned from their jobs in protest will also be welcomed back.