I mean, it helps that he was a lifeguard from age 18 to 62. (Sounds like he loved it, but also, not many jobs for the deaf back then…) If he worked at the beach 5 days a week, that’s more than 11,000 working days. A rescue every 10 working days seems plausible.
ilexheder t1_iwfle97 wrote
Reply to comment by TheDrunon in TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed. by lemontreelemur
I mean, it helps that he was a lifeguard from age 18 to 62. (Sounds like he loved it, but also, not many jobs for the deaf back then…) If he worked at the beach 5 days a week, that’s more than 11,000 working days. A rescue every 10 working days seems plausible.