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kranz · 07-05-12, 07:40 AM

There was a similar case in Poland, around 2 years ago. A young boy was drowning, he was spotted by a 17-18 year old kid who jumped into the lake without much thinking. When he grabbed him in the middle of the lake, they were spotted by a two-policemen patrol. They called an ambulance and....stood on the bank shouting "You will make it". The official response from the police was that they "were not trained in life-guarding, thus their lack of initiative cannot be regarded as any violation of rules, thus their decision not to jump was OK"
I told this story to my friend who is a life guard and I was ofc angry that they did not react. He said that I have no idea about life guarding etc...
It made me re-think the case a bit...obviously, from a "moral" point of view the life-guard's decision was good, but what would happen if somebody had drowned in his zone? Where was the guy responsible for the "southern" zone? Was he fired as well? Besides, these zones haven't been made for "fun". If he decided to work there, he must have been aware of the "zone" policy and "strategies" concerning leaving an outpost in case of emergency. If he deliberately violated these rules...

07-05-12, 07:40 AM	#5
kranz The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,430 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	There was a similar case in Poland, around 2 years ago. A young boy was drowning, he was spotted by a 17-18 year old kid who jumped into the lake without much thinking. When he grabbed him in the middle of the lake, they were spotted by a two-policemen patrol. They called an ambulance and....stood on the bank shouting "You will make it". The official response from the police was that they "were not trained in life-guarding, thus their lack of initiative cannot be regarded as any violation of rules, thus their decision not to jump was OK" I told this story to my friend who is a life guard and I was ofc angry that they did not react. He said that I have no idea about life guarding etc... It made me re-think the case a bit...obviously, from a "moral" point of view the life-guard's decision was good, but what would happen if somebody had drowned in his zone? Where was the guy responsible for the "southern" zone? Was he fired as well? Besides, these zones haven't been made for "fun". If he decided to work there, he must have been aware of the "zone" policy and "strategies" concerning leaving an outpost in case of emergency. If he deliberately violated these rules... Last edited by kranz; 07-05-12 at 02:45 PM.