Anyway, here's this weeks stories.
Lifeguard Fired For Helping Drowning Man
Yeah that's right this weeks first story is about a lifeguard in Florida that has been fired from his job for helping a drowning man who was not within his section of the beach, sounds stupid, that's why I selected this story and here it is.
Tomas Lopez a 21 year old lifeguard at Hallandale Beach north of Miami was told that a swimmer was in trouble in an unguarded area of the beach, so he rushed to the mans aid and because of that he has now been fired.
"I wasn't going to say no," the lifeguard said, which is completely right, your not going to turn around and say no to a call of help.
But his bosses still fired him and said he had broken company rules and could have put other swimmers at risk, so he was expected to stay and let a man possibly die, this was followed up by at least two colleagues resigning in protests.
"We have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area," Susan Ellis of lifeguard, provider Jeff Ellis and Associates said.
She added that the stretch of Hallandale Beach that Mr Lopez was supposed to be patrolling on Monday was being protected by other lifeguards who were on the phone to emergency operators at the time, so if there was other lifeguards on duty, then I don't see what the problem is, they could of had it covered.
Mr Lopez who was four months into the job, ran some distance to help the swimmer who had already been pulled out of the water by other beachgoers, showing dedication to his work and the life of the poor man. He and an off-duty nurse then helped the man until paramedics arrived to take him to hospital and that could of made all the difference, perhaps if they weren't there then the man could of died.
Now the unidentified swimmer is said to be in intensive care.
Mr Lopez has no regrets about losing his $8.25 an hour (£5.30; 6.60 euros) job, and neither would I, a mans life is more important than a £5.30 an hour job, besides now he's had publicity he's more than likely to be hired elsewhere.
"I think it's ridiculous, honestly, that a sign is what separates someone from being safe and not safe," Mr Lopez told CBS television, and I'm sure many other people agree with him.
Another colleague, who found out that Lopez had been fired, said he radioed his manager to cover the beach for him and promptly quit, which just shows how much the managements action can and will effect their work force.
Here's a video of the news coverage:
Armed Police Close Down M6 Toll
This news story is extremely new in fact it took place at 08:20 this morning near Litchfield in United Kingdom.
It involves a very serious event investigated as being suspicious on the M6 toll involving a single-decker coach.
Here's the story.
Police said the coach stopped on the hard shoulder "of its own accord" (With no need) at 08:20 BST.
48 passengers on the Megabus Preston to London service were led off the coach and forced to sit apart in a boxed off area on the opposite carriageway, so that police could identify the situation.
The coach left Preston at 05:10 and was due in London at 10:55, but obviously didn't reach its destination, stopping and causing panic to police and our other services.
The fire service and police involved were from the West Midlands and Staffordshire area.
At around 12:00, the passengers were moved on to another coach which remained parked under the canopy of nearby toll booths, presumably under observation.
Eyewitnesses say that the police called into deal with the situation were not standard policemen and women, they arrived in unmarked police cars, helicopters and with sniffer dogs.
A man on scene also said "It all just took off, ambulances left right and centre and armed police in black caps.", suggesting that police were bomb squads rather than standard police as that is they're usual uniform.
Diversions were put in place to send traffic away from the toll road to avoid anything effecting the polices investigations, the Ministry of Defence also confirmed military personnel were assisting police, maybe explaining the described policemen and women in dark or black clothing.
Eventually about four hours after armed officers arrived, police confirmed the scene as safe.
They had spoken to all of the passengers individually one by one from the large group, keeping one passenger separate from everyone else, a possible suspect.
A police spokesman later said "We are also not treating anyone as a suspect." despite keeping the one passenger separate.
The investigation started and was thought to be something to do with terrorists but it has now been made apparent that the sweep was prompted by the discovery of a fake cigarette, 4 hours for that one cigarette.
Here's an interview with a passenger:
Summary Of The Week
Well this week we have unrecognised heroes and fake drugs causing big problems, what is our world coming to?Oh yeah, we need a nice picture this week, so here it is, our planet (and the moon):
That whole firing thing doesn't surprise me, no matter how sad it is. In most big chain retail stores you will get fired if you stop a robbery in progress. I know of at least one time it happening at a Walmart. It's almost as if society is actually enforcing that "keep your head down, and don't notice nuthin' that you ain't suppose ta" rule of morality....
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