15-YEAR-OLD LIFEGUARD SAVES LIFE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB

Lifeguard Jack Viglianco, 15, was twenty minutes into his very first shift at the Charles A. Foster pool in Lakewood, Ohio, last Thursday when he heard an unusual cry and saw a young boy in 4-foot water gasping for air. Viglianco put the lifesaving skills he had just learned to the test. He jumped in and helped the kid to safety. The victim was a 4-year-old boy at the pool for a summer camp field trip. Viglianco says being a lifeguard is a passion and dream come true. His first day on the job, he says, is one he’ll never forget. “I was realizing that I just saved a kid’s life. And that is something not many other people can say. Nothing my friends have ever said.”
* Hey, Jack, it’s called “humility”.
* Well, he’s sure got “Employee of the Month” in the bag.
* Saving your kid’s life. What do you tip for something like that?
* The rest of his career is going to feel like such a drag.
* His lifelong dream is to appear in a Baywatch sequel.
* PHONE TOPIC: It happened to me my first day on the job.