The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy teaches teens from the city how to swim and then trains them to be lifeguards, keeping the city's last remaining public swimming pool staffed and safe. When Kevin ...

Emma Cronin, 15, of Smithtown, wants to be an ocean lifeguard at Robert Moses State Park’s beaches one day. Cronin’s older sister is 19 and a lifeguard at Robert Moses. "I started [training to be a ...

On a bracingly cold morning in Huntington Beach, a big group of teenagers and 20-somethings gathered outside of the city’s main lifeguard station. They were here to participate in the city’s annual ...