Lifeguard Receives Financial Help After Off-Duty Rescue

John Clark's instincts as a newly certified (albeit off-duty) lifeguard kicked in while visiting Rockaway Beach, Ore., last month - and it cost him $2,600.

Upon hearing screams for help from a 12-year-old boy named Robert flailing in the Pacific Ocean, the 17-year-old from Vancouver, Wash., dove into the choppy breakers and helped keep the boy afloat until help arrived. Both were eventually rescued by personal watercraft and transported by ambulance to Tillamook County (Ore.) General Hospital.

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