-rick- wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


Don't forget: How to manage a MOB who's panicking, ready to grab
anything (or anyone), and threatens to sink YOU if you're in the
water. Lifeguards are trained to deal with this, although sometimes
the victim's strong enough to still cause trouble. Then, lifeguards
improvise.


That's a good point. I fished a big stupid jet skier out of the
Columbia river who fought me as I tried to get him in the boat. Maybe
he thought I was going to abandon his sinking POS jet ski instead of
towing it in. This was in the middle of the shipping channel well after
sunset with no other small boats on the river. The moron wouldn't even
take a warm blanket or a shot of hot coffee after I got him in the boat.

Actaully, that is a realitively common occurrence when someone is
drowning. Years ago, when I took life guard training, we had to
practice varrious manuevers to elude someone if they attempted to attack
the would be rescuer.