Puerto Rico senators press for lifeguards and funding after seven drownings at Condado beach
Senators demanded immediate lifeguard coverage and new funding after witnesses and DRNA officials told a Senate hearing that only a small fraction of maritime vigilantes are trained for open-water rescue and that DRNA needs additional resources — roughly $500,000, officials said — to staff lifeguards at Condado.
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Senator (Chair) told a Senate committee investigating Resolution 176 that seven people have drowned at Condado beach since November, and he pressed the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) to place trained lifeguards there immediately.
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