City of Buffalo begins training summer lifeguards

BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) — The City of Buffalo, along with the Buffalo Police Athletic League, is training all new lifeguards to get them ready and certified by summer.

“We need to get as many kids as possible certified, in order to not just run these city pools, but pools all over the Western New York area,” said Shawn Edinger, a lifeguard instructor with the Police Athletic League.

The city needs around 100 certified lifeguards this summer to open all 10 of its pools.

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