Zohar Nini knows what it’s like to pull someone out of a watery grave. Realizing life’s fragility transformed one of Israel’s only shomer Shabbos lifeguards
ON GAURD Zohar Nini on guard at the Rishon L’Tzion beach says even the best swimmers can get swept away if they don’t pay attention to the warnings on the shore
“H
elp! Someone went into the water but didn’t come out!”
Although more than two decades have passed Zohar Nini remembers that shriek as though it happened yesterday.
“It was my first year working as a lifeguard” he recalls. “I was working at the Winter Station a rescue station that’s active all year around even when it’s raining. It was already late and I was ready to wrap up my shift when I heard the desperate cry and realized someone was in danger. It turned out that a swimmer had entered the water but no one had seen him emerge.
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