Lifeguard News Headlines Today

Lifeguard News Headlines Today

In today’s Lifeguard News Headlines 6-year-old British boy saved from drowning in Majorca swimming pool by lifeguard. Elsewhere in Los Angeles, LA County wins team title at National Lifeguard competition in Hermosa. Meanwhile, in Transylvania County, Lifeguard rescues woman at Sliding Rock. And in Provincetown, M.A Great White Shark Spotted By Lifeguard on Cape Cod.

6-year-old British boy saved from drowning in Majorca swimming pool by lifeguard

A 6-year-old British boy was saved by the efforts of a lifeguard at a hotel swimming pool in Majorca. Reports say the lifeguard administered CPR on the child for twenty nerve-racking minutes before he regained a pulse before getting transferred to Son Espases Hospital in Palma. The drama happened around 4.30pm on Tuesday at the four-star Condesa de La Bahia Hotel overlooking Alcudia Bay in the north east of the island. Investigations are on-going to discover what really happened. In the meantime, the boy is said to be responding to treatment.

In Los Angeles, LA County wins team title at National Lifeguard competition in Hermosa

Elsewhere in Los Angeles, Local lifeguards rose to the occasion in helping Los Angeles County win the overall team points championship and The Howard Lee Trophy following the conclusion of the four-day 2016 United States Lifesaving Association National Lifeguard Championships on its home turf of Hermosa Beach last Saturday. Los Angeles County, which is represented by the LA Surf Life Saving Association, lost the team title last year on the east coast. They have now won it 28 out of the last 29 years. This year they had the most overall points with 1,462.125 beating second place California State Lifeguard Association with 1,125.625.

In Transylvania County, Lifeguard rescues woman at Sliding Rock

And in Transylvania County, A lifeguard came to the aid of a woman at Sliding Rock in the Pisgah National Forest. Sliding Rock which is said to be a favorite summer destination where visitors slide down slippery rocks along the forest stream into a pool may have turned into a sour escapade for the woman in absence of a lifeguard.

In Provincetown, M.A Great White Shark Spotted By Lifeguard on Cape Cod

Meanwhile in Provincetown, M.A, A great white shark was spotted by a lifeguard close to shore in Provincetown Tuesday 16 August 2016 , bringing total sightings in Cape Cod to 8 in just this week. On Sunday, Lighthouse Beach in Chatham was closed after a great white shark was seen eating a seal nearby. While on Friday, August 5, Truro beaches were closed as six great whites fed on a dead minke whale nearby.╚

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