Senior lifeguards are stepping in to save city pools
When the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department held one of its lifeguard certification sessions in Center City earlier this month, one of the rookies — 17-year-old Jaelynn Edwards, found herself paired up with an unexpected swimming partner.
”I loved the job, absolutely loved it,” said Borlandoe, who started as a lifeguard in Kingsessing in the late 1960s. She still remembers the one save she made: a 7-year-old she saw struggling and scooped to safety.
Borlandoe, who lives in Southwest Philly, is fully aware of what life is like in a city so severely challenged by gun violence. As a lifeguard, After Borlandoe finished her first stint as a lifeguard, she graduated from West Catholic, where she played center on the girls’ basketball team, and went off to Gwynedd Mercy University before juggling a long career as a hospital office manager and parenting three daughters. Her six grandchildren, ages 21 to 3, call her “Oma Cool Ma.”
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