Inside Ronald Reagan's summer job

I can remember [music] him, yet, very I can remember [music] him, yet, very bronzed bronzed bronzed with this lifeguard sign on his with this lifeguard sign on his with this lifeguard sign on his swimsuit. swimsuit. swimsuit. >> During six summers as a lifeguard, he >> During six summers as a lifeguard, he >> During six summers as a lifeguard, he pulled 77 people from the water. >> He always went up and cut a notch in the >> He always went up and cut a notch in the log after he pulled them out. And they log after he pulled them out. And they log after he pulled them out. And they weren't probably all going to die, you weren't probably all going to die, you weren't probably all going to die, you know, they all weren't going to drown, know, they all weren't going to drown, know, they all weren't going to drown, but they were in serious but they were in serious but they were in serious uh uh uh shape out there. They needed help to get shape out there. They needed help to get shape out there. They needed help to get out of water because of the river out of water because of the river out of water because of the river current. current. current. And 77 is is his count, and there was 77 And 77 is is his count, and there was 77 And 77 is is his count, and there was 77 notches in the log out there. notches in the log out there. notches in the log out there. >> We just all >> We just all >> We just all remember him as lifeguard. [music] remember him as lifeguard. [music] remember him as lifeguard. [music] That's That's the way so many of us do. That's That's the way so many of us do. That's That's the way so many of us do. >> The poignant thing about the Rock River >> The poignant thing about the Rock River >> The poignant thing about the Rock River is that in his dotage, after he left the is that in his dotage, after he left the is that in his dotage, after he left the White House, White House, White House, when he began to lose his mind, when he began to lose his mind, when he began to lose his mind, the one thing he would still want to the one thing he would still want to the one thing he would still want to talk about talk about talk about was his days as a lifeguard on the Rock was his days as a lifeguard on the Rock was his days as a lifeguard on the Rock River.

River. River. He had a picture in his office of the He had a picture in his office of the He had a picture in his office of the spot where he used to stand spot where he used to stand spot where he used to stand as a boy, as a boy, as a boy, and he would say, "You see, and he would say, "You see, and he would say, "You see, that's where I used to be a lifeguard. that's where I used to be a lifeguard. that's where I used to be a lifeguard. I saved 77 lives there."