Local Hero Saves 12 Scuba Divers!
Feb
17Local Hero Saves 12 Scuba Divers!
Posted by Kevin Doak on Wednesday at: 9:20am (February 17th, 2010)
Perhaps it's tacky, however... I'm the hero today. Dare I say local legend.
At the end of my practice tonight the fire alarm was triggered in the building. The lifeguard calmly directed me to exit the pool. I was on my way out when I realized that 12 scuba divers were still diving down at the bottom of the deep end. These poor souls were perhaps only hours away from being burned to a crisp at the bottom of the pool unless I took immediate action!
One-by-one, I proceeded to single handedly (literally) signal them to come to the surface and heed the warning of the fire alarm and exit the pool.
Now you may be thinking, some kid probably pulled the alarm and there might have been no real danger to anybody within a 4 mile radius, but you would most likely be dead wrong (maybe). Without my hasty action the Natatorium, and all it's occupants might have burned to a chlorine fragranced crisp.
Of course at this point, I probably deserve a medal, a holiday named after me or at least a cuddle from somebody for my valiant efforts.
Alright, now that we have that out of the way. Training has been going quite poorly due to an insane work schedule of 17+ hour workdays. Hence the full week of NO posts at all. I've managed to get 4 out of 7 days in the pool and probably only did about 2 out of 7 days of P90X. I feel quite sluggish in the water and I'm certain I haven't been making any overall progress. Hey, at least I'm a hero. That seems to make me feel all better!
At the end of my practice tonight the fire alarm was triggered in the building. The lifeguard calmly directed me to exit the pool. I was on my way out when I realized that 12 scuba divers were still diving down at the bottom of the deep end. These poor souls were perhaps only hours away from being burned to a crisp at the bottom of the pool unless I took immediate action!
One-by-one, I proceeded to single handedly (literally) signal them to come to the surface and heed the warning of the fire alarm and exit the pool.
Now you may be thinking, some kid probably pulled the alarm and there might have been no real danger to anybody within a 4 mile radius, but you would most likely be dead wrong (maybe). Without my hasty action the Natatorium, and all it's occupants might have burned to a chlorine fragranced crisp.
Of course at this point, I probably deserve a medal, a holiday named after me or at least a cuddle from somebody for my valiant efforts.
Alright, now that we have that out of the way. Training has been going quite poorly due to an insane work schedule of 17+ hour workdays. Hence the full week of NO posts at all. I've managed to get 4 out of 7 days in the pool and probably only did about 2 out of 7 days of P90X. I feel quite sluggish in the water and I'm certain I haven't been making any overall progress. Hey, at least I'm a hero. That seems to make me feel all better!