Teen lifeguard gets $2,600 bill for saving drowning boy's life | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17050138 Australia 08/04/2012 01:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | John Clark has learned that not only are good deeds sometimes punished, they also may come with a hefty price tag. The 17-year-old lifeguard at Oregon’s Rockaway Beach heard a 12-year-old boy screaming for help last month after the swimmer was pulled out by the rough surf. Clark swam out to rescue the boy, and when the ambulance arrived, he climbed in. "I couldn't just let the kid go," he said. Clark's selfless decisions earned him a $2,600 bill from Tillamook County General Hospital, including a $1,907 charge for the 15-mile ambulance ride. Clark, who juggles two other lifeguarding jobs, says he "feels bad" about the four-digit bill. We feel bad the hospital would even issue it. Quoting: Stu [link to now.msn.com] source: [link to www.koinlocal6.com] This world is SO doomed. |
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User ID: 1366222 United States 08/04/2012 01:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | John Clark has learned that not only are good deeds sometimes punished, they also may come with a hefty price tag. The 17-year-old lifeguard at Oregon’s Rockaway Beach heard a 12-year-old boy screaming for help last month after the swimmer was pulled out by the rough surf. Clark swam out to rescue the boy, and when the ambulance arrived, he climbed in. "I couldn't just let the kid go," he said. Clark's selfless decisions earned him a $2,600 bill from Tillamook County General Hospital, including a $1,907 charge for the 15-mile ambulance ride. Clark, who juggles two other lifeguarding jobs, says he "feels bad" about the four-digit bill. We feel bad the hospital would even issue it. Quoting: Stu [link to now.msn.com] source: [link to www.koinlocal6.com] I'm A Medic, why the hell would the life guard get the bill. The kids parents that he saved should have recieved it. Simple fix peeps. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 21237221 Canada 08/04/2012 01:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Christ he should have called a cab instead. This is what's wrong with America. $1900 for a ambulance ride, you fkn kidding me? GTFO of here with that garbage. |
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