Shout Out To The 66-Year-Old Grandma In Ohio That Came Out Of Lifeguard Retirement To Save The Community Pool

ABC News - When Gail Rodgers saw her local pool couldn't open due to a lifeguard shortage, she decided to take the plunge and come out of retirement to become a lifeguard herself.

"I thought, 'Well, I did this lifeguard thing back in the late '60s' so I thought maybe I can do this again," the 66-year-old retired IT consultant told "Good Morning America."

Hell yeah, Grandma Gail! You rock that red one-piece suit. She kinda reminds me of Pam Anderson, just like 40 years older. Time to remake Baywatch: Geriatric Edition?  

Obligatory Pam Anderson picture:

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Anyways, this is just a good, old-fashioned story of people helping people in the great state of Ohio. Pool is going to close for the summer if we don't get someone to lifeguard? Grandma Gail will dust off that old lifeguard card from the 60s and get up on the stand.

Unfortunately (or fortunately probably), they didn't let her just renew the license. She had to pass the lifeguard test, which doesn't seem like the easiest thing for a 66-year-old lady to do.

"[Lifeguard candidates] have to swim a 300-yard length and that is 12 laps at a traditional swimming pool. They have to tread water for the allotted amount of time and then they have to swim a length and then submerge and grab a 10-pound brick off the bottom of the pool," Blume explained to "GMA."

^ I'll take Shit I Won't Be Able to Do at 65, Alex. 

300 yard swim? Grab a 10 pound brick off the bottom of the pool? Not to be rude or anything but I have to ask, who are the people at Barstool that couldn't get their lifeguard license right now?