Family "forever grateful" after 10-year-old rescued from rip current by teen lifeguard
A 16-year-old lifeguard is being hailed a hero after rescuing a boy from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month.
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A 16-year-old lifeguard is being hailed a hero after rescuing a boy from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month.
Miami Beach Ocean Rescue recorded 577 water rescues last year, while Fort Lauderdale's team made 196.
The 14-year-old boy had been practicing water entries when he landed on a shark, officials said.
Municipalities are being forced to reduce operating hours at or near beaches.
Officials are looking to address a nationwide lifeguard shortage.
A shortage of lifeguards is threatening all kinds of summer fun.
As the summer season nears, many municipalities in South Florida are struggling to fill lifeguard positions, and the shortage is causing some cities to modify their pool operating hours.
When the whistle blew on Hollywood Beach this morning, 14 lifeguard applicants had 11 minutes to run 500 meters down the beach.
The family of a Miami Beach city employee who drowned at a public pool on August 16 is demanding answers about how their loved one died while lifeguards were on duty.
Free training, pay starting at $16.05 and probably a lot of sunshine.
Experts blame low pay, training costs, a limited working season and general lack of interest for the shortage.
The American Lifeguard Association reports the shortage could impact many of the nation's over 300,000 pools.
