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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Mayor Says City Can Only Do So Much To Prevent Drownings












         (Mayor Ivan Court)
            (File Photo)

Mayor Ivan Court says the city will be reviewing the lifeguard situation in the wake of Sunday afternoon's drowning at Fisher Lakes but it would be unrealistic to suggest that that all such tragedies can be prevented.

Court, who lost a son himself, says he can well understand how the the family of the man who drowned feels.

He adds there are some people, though, who will swim until the end of September or even into October if they could and tells CHSJ News he even got some flak over the closing of Saint's Rest Beach on Saturday because of tropical storm Earl. There were fears someone might get caught up in the waves if they got too close.