FELIX: TWO YEARS AGO, A COUPLE
OF ROTARY CLUBS SUGGESTED
PUTTING IN RESCUE TUBES ON
THIS NOTORIOUSLY STRETCH OF
DEADLY BEACH.
IN LIGHT OF LAST WEEK'S DROWING,
THEY'RE MAKING THE PITCH AGAIN.
THIS TIME, THEY HOPE IT BECOMES
A REALITY.
COULD THIS RESCUE TUBE THAT'S
USED BY LIFEGUARDS UP AND DOWN
THE CALIFORNIA COAST BE THE
SOLUTIION TO PREVENT MORE
DROWINGS AT MONASTERY BEACH IN
CARMEL?
>> THIS IS A PARTICULARLY AT
RISK BEACH.
AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THEY CALL IT
MOTURARY BEACH FOR A REASON.
SO I THINK IT'S THE NEXT BEST
ALTERNATIVE, AND I HOPE THEY'LL
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
FELIX: MORE THAN 30 DROWNINGS AT
THIS BEACH.
THE LATEST WAS JUST LAST WEEK,
THE DROWNING OF A 9-YEAR-OLD
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOY.
WHEN MONTA POTTER HEARD THE
NEWS, SHE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO
MAKE ANOTHER PUSH FOR RESCUE
TUBES ON THE BEACH.
>> THESE RESCUE TUBES WILL FLOAT
THREE PEOPLE, SO IF YOU'RE A
PARENT AND YOUR CHILD IS IN THE
WATER, YOU CAN SWIM OUT THERE
WITH A RESCUE TUBE AND YOU A
YOUR CHILD HANG ON TO IT.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP EACH
OTHER ALIVE UNTIL RESCUE
SWIMMERS CAN COME.
FELIX: POTTER, A MEMBER OF THE
CARMEL ROTARY, SAID TWO YEARS
AGO THE CARMEL AND MONTEREY
ROTARY CLUBS OFFERED TO PAY FOR
THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF FOUR OR FIVE RESCUE TUBES
ALONG MONASTERY BEAC
THE IDEA, POTTER SAYS, WAS WELL
RECEIVED, BUT FIZZLED WHEN THE
STATE PARKS' SUPERINTENDENT
TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE AREA.
>> THERE ARE NO BAD IDEAS AT
THIS POINT.
EVERYTHING IS KIND OF ON THE
TABLE TO CONSIDER.
FELIX: STATE PARKS HAS EXPRESSED
CONCERNS OVER THE RESCUE DEVICE,
LIKE LIABILITY, AND WHETHER A
NON-EXPERIENCED SWIMMER COULD BE
PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK
ENTERING THE WATER, BUT ALL SEEM
TO AGREE SOMETHING COULD BETTER
THAN NOTHING
>> PERHAPS A BUOY DEVICE IS
BETTER THAN NO DEVICE AT ALL
IF THE PERSON GOING TO GO IN THE
WATER REGARDLESS, THAT BE GO
POSITIVE POINT TO IT.
>> THE WATER'S COLD AND IN SHORT
TIME YOU MAY SUCCUMB TO IT, SO I
WOULD SAY ANYTHING THAT HELPS
AND IS AVAILABLE HERE IF
SOMEBODY DOES GO IN MIGHT SAVE A
LIFE SOMETIME.
FELIX: POTTER HAS SENT IN
EMAILED TO THE NEW
SUPERINTENDE REQUESTING A
MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS RESCUE
TUBE IDEA.
SO FAR, NO MEETING HAS BEEN SET
UP.
POTTER UNDERSTANDS THE NEW
SUPERINTENDENT HAS HIS HANDS
FULL TRYING TO REOPEN PARKS
SOUTH OF HERE THAT WORK BATTERED
IBIS WINTERS STORMS.
-- THIS WINTERS STORMS.
DAN: AS FELIX MENTIONED, STATE
PARKS DOES HAVE SOME CONCERN
OVER LIABILITY ISSUES, BUT T
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