This Week in Lifeguard News – Marine Rescuer

This Week in Lifeguard News – Marine Rescuer

Lifeguards all around the world have been called many names such as Marine Rescuer. One of the most recurring being, “Hero”. It goes without saying that anyone who would willingly put their life and safety on the line for another person deserves the encomia that succeed such heroic acts.

Here on Lifeguard Times™ we are dedicated to putting a spotlight on these acts of heroism. This week’s news features rescues from Sarasota and St Johns Counties in Florida, Canal Pointe New Jersey and sad news from Virginia.

Here’s what’s making the news this week:

St. Johns County Lifeguard Rescues Deer From Storm

St. Johns Fire Rescue dealt with a couple of storm-related incidents on Thursday 1st September 2016 but they say the most unique involved the assisted rescue of a deer found struggling in the Atlantic Ocean.

Fire Rescue says the deer entered the water near an SJCFR Marine Rescue lifeguard and began struggling in the water unable to return to shore. Concerned for the safety of the animal, lifeguards entered the water with a rescue board and helped steer the deer back to shore.

Officials say once on the beach the deer ran off into the dune line without any concerns.

Lifeguard Rescues Unconscious Man From Community Pool

Police reports say that lifeguards on Wednesday night pulled a 30-year-old man from the Canal Point neighborhood after he went under and did not resurface. The man was unresponsive and not breathing when lifeguards got the swimmer onto the pool’s concrete deck and started CPR.

Speaking on the incident, police Lt. Robert Fow said Police officers responded to a 6:50 p.m. call from the pool on Heritage Boulevard, arrived at the same time as an ambulance crew and assisted with CPR and medical treatment, as a result of quick intervention of the lifeguards the man had a faint pulse.

The man was taken to a local hospital a short time later. His condition was unknown as of Thursday 1st September 2016 morning.

A pool lifeguard said she was watching the man swim back and forth in the pool underwater. When he did not surface, she went in after him. Other lifeguards assisted in removing him from the pool and providing medical care.

Lifeguard And Surfer Rescue Woman Knocked Off Nokomis Jetty By Waves

A woman was swept over the North Nokomis Jetty on Thursday, September 1, 2016, and pulled from the water by a nearby surfer.

She was standing with about 20 people when a wave washed over the rock-lined jetty and carried her into the water around 1:30 p.m.

Speaking on the incident, Matt Houston, who was at the park photographing the effects of Hurricane Hermine said “I saw the lifeguard take off sprinting…I talked to someone and they said she was pulled out. By the time I walked around, (the lifeguard) already had her.”

According to another witness who saw the dramatic rescue unfold, the surfer who ran to the woman’s aid was nearly swept off with her when a second swell hit.

A man helped the surfer pull the woman from the water, and he and another man carried her to shore. The lifeguard then carried the woman to a truck and she was taken off the jetty for treatment, county officials confirmed.

The Sarasota County-operated jetty was open to the public Thursday, while the South Venice Jetty has been closed since Wednesday because of low-level storm surge amplified by tidal influences.

Houston said the woman appeared to be OK after the incident.

And In A Rather Sad Story, Lifeguard Abducted And Raped At Alexandria Pool

A female lifeguard was abducted and raped by an unknown suspect at a pool in Alexandria Saturday afternoon, police said.

The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. at a pool in the 200 block of South Pickett Street.

The 24-year-old woman was working as a lifeguard at the pool when an unknown man approached her.

She called the police to report that she had been abducted and raped. He also brandished a firearm, police said. The victim called for help and the suspect fled.

She said no one else was at the pool at the time.

The suspect is described as a white male in his mid-30s, tall and thin, with short hair and dark eyes. At the time of the assault, he was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light-colored jeans and a blue baseball hat.

Anyone with information about this incident or the suspect is asked to contact Detective Helsa Richmond with the Alexandria Police Department at (703) 746-6613.╚

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