Lifeguard fired

• A Hallandale Beach lifeguard was fired after he said he left his post to rescue a man drowning outside the zone he was hired to patrol.
(msnbc.com)
• Six Florida lifeguards have lost their jobs for backing a coworkers decision to save a man struggling in the surf but outside their jurisdiction.
(ABC News)
• HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (July 4, 2012)--Lifeguard Tomas Lopez helped save a drowning man and got fired for the effort because he left the section of the south Florida beach his company is paid to patrol.
(KWTX)
• A lifeguard who ran to rescue a drowning man has been fired - after he went outside his assigned zone to save him. Two other lifeguards have quit in protest over the treatment of Tomas Lopez, 21, who argued he was just doing the job he was trained to do.
(as he stepped outside his assigned zone to do it - Daily Mail)
• As lifeguards are paid and trained to do, Tomas Lopez rushed down the beach to rescue a drowning man — and then got fired for it. The problem: Lopez stepped out of the beach zone his company is paid to patrol, a supervisor said Tuesday.
(Sun Sentinel)
• A young lifeguard in Florida has lost his job after rescuing a drowning man in a section of beach he was not assigned to patrol, local media reports.
(Big Pond)
• Its the Fourth of July holiday, and Hallandale Beach was packed with people enjoying the sun, the sand, and the water. But the lifeguards were on a skeleton staff.
(Click10.com)
• Tomas Lopez is seen in this Facebook photo. HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Lifeguard Tomas Lopez helped save a drowning man and got fired for it. The reason: He left the section of a south Florida beach his company is paid to patrol.
(KVAL)
• Kimberly Thurston said that since her son's near drowning she has been working with the school district to establish a scholarship to help a Wallingford high school student get their lifeguard certification.
(myrecordjournal.com)