Fourteen people from Samara and Carillo received lifeguard training during the week of March 14, making the beaches a little safer for swimmers and surfers.

"We've been talking about this for quite some time and finally got it organized," said Charlie Foerster, owner a Surf School. Having these 14 trained is an advantage since they are people who are always on the beach. Foerster said they're discussing how to organize the group to be more visible on the beach.

Alex "Choco" Gomez, said that before the training, none of the locals were trained to help someone drowning. Adolfo Gomez, was influential in organizing the training, feeling it would be important to help save lives in case an emergency occurs.

Instructor Marvin Antonio Perez Perez, in charge of lifeguards for the municipality of Jaco, said the training provides certification for rescue in open waters from the Costa Rican Association of Lifeguards. "In this beach they're lucky to have them. They're very good and desirous of learning," he said of the fourteen trainees, all of whom passed the course.

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