Lifeguards can be heroes while off-duty, too. 🙌🏽 Ryan Perez used his Red Cross lifeguard training to save his uncle's life. As an extreme wakeboarder, Tabor Waterstreet is used to falling off his board and getting back up again. But one particularly hard fall — which was equivalent to crashing face-first onto a sidewalk — left him helpless in the water. Ryan was pulling the boat that day when he realized something was wrong. "I noticed he was face down and he wasn't flipping himself over," Ryan said. "All I remember is diving in and trying to pull him to the boat as quickly as I could." Once back on board, Tabor was conscious but suffering from a concussion and coughing up water. Ryan provided first aid until they were back at the boat dock where medical help was waiting. For his lifesaving actions, Ryan was awarded a Certificate of Merit from RedCrossCascades. ❤️ After going through this scary experience, Ryan encourages everyone to learn lifesaving skills. "When the moment ...