Everyone in the gym wears a mask (mandated in our state in the gym) however, one of the guards spent most of the hour I was swimming in the chair (in between breaks) with the mask off, unless she had to speak to the other guard. She's taken short mask breaks in the past, but this was ridiculous. All member have to wear the mask in the gym, while working out, on the deck, etc. and an employee of the fitness center doesn't. I'm surprised the other "main" guard has let this go, since he never removes his mask.
Tell that to Madeleine Brown, a freshman swimmer at Emory who died at practice when no lifeguard was on deck. One of the masters swimmers noticed her unconscious by the gutter and pulled her out, but it was too late. Now all Emory practices require a lifeguard, because even the best swimmers can get into trouble and slip underwater unnoticed. www.wistv.com/.../
A couple of years ago at the kids' LSC long course championship, a girl passed out doing the 200 fly. She had some condition, it wasn't the first time. She had whatever sign, so she rolled over on her back before passing out. But the lifeguard RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER didn't react. The dad started yelling from the opposite end of the pool, then started going over seats.......we thought there was a fight brewing, until he jumped over the barrier to the deck.....then we thought he was going after the coach, until he dove in. By then, people near the blocks where she was noticed, and jumped in to assist her. The lifeguard never reacted.
Tell that to Madeleine Brown, a freshman swimmer at Emory who died at practice when no lifeguard was on deck. One of the masters swimmers noticed her unconscious by the gutter and pulled her out, but it was too late. Now all Emory practices require a lifeguard, because even the best swimmers can get into trouble and slip underwater unnoticed. www.wistv.com/.../
A couple of years ago at the kids' LSC long course championship, a girl passed out doing the 200 fly. She had some condition, it wasn't the first time. She had whatever sign, so she rolled over on her back before passing out. But the lifeguard RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER didn't react. The dad started yelling from the opposite end of the pool, then started going over seats.......we thought there was a fight brewing, until he jumped over the barrier to the deck.....then we thought he was going after the coach, until he dove in. By then, people near the blocks where she was noticed, and jumped in to assist her. The lifeguard never reacted.
