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Off-duty lifeguard gets ambulance bill after saving boy

Saved 12-year-old boy being swept out to sea

By Kyle Iboshi
NWCN.com

Vancouver, Wash. — An off-duty lifeguard never imagined he’d get a bill after saving someone. But the Good Samaritan received a $2,600 hospital bill.

John Clark of Vancouver thought he was doing the right thing. The 17-year old was relaxing with his family at Rockaway Beach on July 1st when he heard screams for help. A 12-year old boy was being swept out to sea.

Clark dove into the powerful surf. The off-duty lifeguard managed to keep the boy afloat until rescuers on jet skis arrived.

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