Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20120705:08:46:00
They're way down over there. so i started running. >> reporter: he passed hoards of beachgoers to save a drowning man. >> i was worried about the guy. he was blue. >> reporter: instead of being rewarded he was fired. you see, the 21-year-old knowingly violate aid rule that prevents guards from this privately run lifeguard company from leaving their station to help a swimmer in distress. >> i did what i had to do. >> reporter: because someone's life was at stake. tommy's guard station is 100 yard that way down the beach. beyond this sign he is not allowed to go. but the person who was drowning ...
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