joey4269

joey4269 t1_iwgcfrz wrote

Reply to comment by dustotepp 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

They teach you to literally punch someone in the chest if they are doing that when they train lifeguards

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joey4269 t1_iwgccpp wrote

Reply to 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

As a former lifeguard, never rely on sound, drowning is a lot more silent of an activity, for lack of a better way to say, than one would expect

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