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Lifeguard Fired offered his job back

Posted by Dave on Thu Jul 5 14:33:12 2012, in response to Lifeguard Fired For Saving Drowning Man, posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 5 02:52:44 2012.

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A Florida lifeguard who was fired after leaving his beach zone to save a drowning man has been offered his job back.

Tomas Lopez, 21, who was sacked by employer Jeff Ellis & Associates after his heroics Monday at Hallendale Beach, 18 miles north of Miami, should never have been fired, Jeff Ellis told the Sun-Sentinel Thursday.

"I am of the opinion that the supervisors acted hastily, " Ellis said. "It was not the appropriate course of action to take," he said.

The fate of nine other lifeguards, who either quit in solidarity or were fired for stating publicly that they would also do as Lopez did, is not clear.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/05/hero-or-legal-liability/#ixzz1zm4nASid


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/05/hero-or-legal-liability/#ixzz1zm4g9TMm


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