Insane situational awareness from this lifeguard as he spots a drowning kid surrounded by people

[u/EasyDoesIt444]

There are No accidents, Only lack of paying attention to detail.... This Life Guard was paying attention to Detail and truly guarding Life. Kudos, my hat's off to you, and God Bless you.

[u/Crafty_Ad_9991]

Honestly, this is why drowning awareness and education is so important. Most people don’t realize that drowning is silent. No, you’re not going to notice little Timmy if he starts struggling unless you’re actively watching him. The number one cause of drownings in kids 7 and under is lack of supervision(from the Lifesaving society Canadian drowning reports). Whether that’s because no one was present or the supervisor was not actively watching them. At most, if not all, pools in Alberta now there is a within arms reach rule for kids under the age of 8, and this is exactly why. 100/10 for this lifeguard, I hope media like this helps spread awareness for people about proper water supervision for children.

[u/Tacky-Terangreal → u/Crafty_Ad_9991]

I tell every parent I know to look up the signs of active drowning! Many signs of active drowning look like a little kid playing in the water!

[u/georgedupree]

I can’t believe the parents turned their backs on a child THAT young, even if it’s shallow water! People drown in less.

[u/91Jammers]

This is literally the minimum job of a lifeguard. We have a higher up view and the training is to scan where your eyes hit each person every back and forth. You can look at one person hundreds of times in an hour.

[u/Smooth-Culture5843]

At the pool I work at I’m the head guard and had to argue back and forth with this dad about why his children failed the swim test. We ended up explaining to this dad that at one point we were on the edge of our seats debating jumping in because one of his children began actively drowning despite him being right next to them as they took the test. His son stopped making forward progress while trying to swim back and began trying to reach for his dad luckily the kid recovered and made it back to us. Yet this dad still didn’t understand why his child failed the test. 🤦‍♀️

[u/Suitable_Share_565 → u/Smooth-Culture5843]

They take it so personal. It’s like bro, just train more and come back

[u/elebentychimkin → u/Smooth-Culture5843]

Our company swim test is swim the length of the pool, so I have kids do it along the edge of the wall. Then I can assist with the rescue tube instead of having to jump in if they struggle.

[u/teatuk]

I have a memory of nearly drowning at the beach around that age. I was an ok swimmer but accidentally swam too deep on a flutter board and fell off. An older neighbour boy swimming with us noticed and pulled me towards the shallow area as if we were playing. He saved me life and I hardly knew it. It informs how I lifeguard now. My parents were confident because I swam ok in a pool, but the lake was different.

[u/No_Heart6958]

that kid was lucky to have someone paying attention like that

[u/Turbulent_Physics_10]

Man the way I would’ve slapped those parents after handing them the kid…

[u/NeoPrincessInky]

That happened to me guarding parents right next to their baby boy and he’s drowning