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    Florida lifeguard fired for saving out-of-bounds swimmer

    rokurBy rokurJuly 5, 2012Updated:January 20, 2020No Comments1 Min Read
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    Thomas Lopez, a lifeguard at Florida’s Hallandale Beach, was fired Monday for leaving his official work zone in order save the life of a drowning swimmer. Apparently two other lifeguards have been fired for backing him, and four others have quit.

    “I ran out to do the job I was trained to do,” Lopez, 21, of Davie, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “I didn’t think about it at all.”

    I say give the man a medal, and give his boss the boot.

    (Update – Actually they did end up giving him a kind of medal)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu4D_O2tSgU

    Read for instance NY Daily News and International Business Times

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