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    Florida Lifeguard saves drowning man's life... Then Gets fired for it

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/05/us/flo...red/index.html

    "The reason I was fired is just ridiculous," Lopez told CNN late Wednesday night. "It is a ridiculous rule, really. What was I supposed to do? Just let the guy drown?"

    The incident occurred Monday at Hallandale Beach in southern Florida.

    Orlando-based Jeff Ellis and Associates, the company Lopez worked for, said lifeguards cannot go beyond the perimeter of the beach they are responsible for overseeing.


    But that day, a beachgoer rushed to Lopez's lifeguard station to alert him to a man who was drowning.
    The man was some 1,500 feet outside the company's protection zone in an area where signs warn visitors to swim at their own risk.


    Even though he knew it was outside the company protection zone, Lopez ran into the ocean toward the struggling man and pulled him ashore.

    The man, he said, had turned blue.

    "He was having a lot of trouble breathing," Lopez said.

    A nurse at the beach tended to the victim until emergency medics arrived and rushed him off to a hospital.
    Save a person's life, lose your job.

    Shame

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    He will get it back now that there are stories about it surfacing.....or some company will offer him a better job

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    Disgraceful...sums it all up really

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    This will pay off for him long term one way or another

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    Does not Best Buy fire employees for fighting with potential theives.

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    Hopefully this is the last I have to hear on this though CNN will run with this story for months. Guy is rich now

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    All comes down to insurance cover sadly.

    The guy will get offered a much better job anyway now it has hit the media.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    This will pay off for him long term one way or another
    Yup national tv takin over. He saved a life but broke rules, how about probation or a warning? A firing? Joke

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    Talk about drawing a line in the sand.

    This was our breakfast topic of discussion... Screamimg mother and child ... "Sir please save my husband, please please", "Sorry maam see that line in the sand I'm not allowed to cross it."

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