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Serious Training Fun
Guarding the Future
photography by TOM HANNA
Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue’s Sam Proffitt with an unidentified
junior lifeguard camper. The Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue Junior
Lifeguard Program is held each summer on the strand north of Crystal Pier
at Public Beach Access No. 36. The junior lifeguards, ages 9-17, participate in
mock rescues, learn CPR and first-aid techniques, while also learning water
and sun safety. Skill-training games include running in soft sand, water entry,
swimming with a rescue buoy, getting through surf, rolling victims onto
paddleboards and a buddy swim around Crystal Pier with rescue buoys.
— Pat Bradford
www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM
