Andstuff84 t1_iwf2eot wrote on November 15, 2022 at 3:48 AM Reply to TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed. by lemontreelemur This sounds like a Forrest Gump of the ocean type story. Permalink 1
Andstuff84 t1_iwf2eot wrote
Reply to TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed. by lemontreelemur
This sounds like a Forrest Gump of the ocean type story.