"-rick-" wrote in message
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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.


Last summer, a lifeguard at our town beach was the target of "attempted
death" from a swimmer he was helping. The lifeguard apparently had a choice
of death or success, and slugged the swimmer. Then, he hauled him onto the
beach. The swimmer called the cops. The cops told the swimmer there were too
many witnesses to his stupidity. The incident went away.