Lifeguard Fired for Trying to Save Man Outside of His Zone
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"According to the Sun Sentinel, Lopez was approached by a beachgoer who pointed out a man struggling in the water nearly 1,500 feet south of his post.
Instinctively, he ran down the beach to save him. By the time Lopez got to him, he had been pulled to shore by fellow beachgoers.
Following his rescue attempt, Lopez was let go for leaving the area he was supposed to be covering."
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According to the CNN report he (instead of fellow beachgoers) was the one that did actually pull the man out of water:
"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 has been offered his job back. But Tomas Lopez told CNN he does not plan to return to work."
Even if he broke the rule by leaving his zone and actually saving someone's life, I would think the most the employer should do was to give him a warning, but by no means firing him, even if they did't want to praise him for the lifesaving deed. It would be different if during that time another person in his zone drowned.
According to the CNN report he (instead of fellow beachgoers) was the one that did actually pull the man out of water:
"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 has been offered his job back. But Tomas Lopez told CNN he does not plan to return to work."
Even if he broke the rule by leaving his zone and actually saving someone's life, I would think the most the employer should do was to give him a warning, but by no means firing him, even if they did't want to praise him for the lifesaving deed. It would be different if during that time another person in his zone drowned.
