Friday, May 23, 2008
By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter
Last Wednesday, a late-morning call went out about a swimmer in distress off a private beach behind an Orange Beach condo complex.
As it happened some lifeguards from Destin, Fla., were at a nearby state-owned beach giving lessons to a group of local lifeguards and firemen on how to pull swimmers from the water while riding personal watercrafts.
"He was lucky they were there," said Orange Beach Aquatic Coordinator Melvin Shepard. "If they hadn't have been there doing training that gentleman would have had to rely only on the people there. There's only certain points firefighters can access the beach.
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