After a 30-year career in medicine, it didn't take Dr. Marc Plotnick long to figure out how he wanted to spend his retirement.
Retired Doctor Marc Plotnick wrapping up summer season as rookie lifeguard in Atlantic City, New JerseyAfter a 30-year career in medicine, it didn't take Dr. Marc Plotnick long to figure out how he wanted to spend his retirement, since he grew up coming to the shore every summer.
He says he remembers seeing the lifeguards out in the boats when he was a kid and thinking "it looked like a pretty cool thing to do.""They're paying me to hang out at the beach. I mean, doesn't get any better than that," says Plotnick. He was worried he might be too old, but says "there were no upper age limits." His neighbor, Deputy Chief Dave Russo, has been part of the beach patrol since 1977.Plotnick met the challenge, passing the test. And there are a lot of requirements."You've got to swim 200 meters in four minutes and 500 meters in less than ten minutes," said Russo.He says his main responsibility as a lifeguard is to "watch the water.
"I have to say that they've taken me in with open arms. They've been very kind to me," says Plotnick."They call him 'Marc the beast.' He's just a great lifeguard," says Russo. Russo says A.C. lifeguards make about 1,000 rescues a year, but there's been an overall shortage of lifeguards around the country.Russo says you can get a lot of satisfaction out of making rescues and helping people on the job.Plotnick currently works on the beach six days a week and will be there through the end of September to wrap up the summer season.
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