Lifeguards Shawna Patterson and Mitchel Jones did an in-water rescue along with Roseanna Sammet.
Two girls, ages eight and nine, were sent to Royal Inland Hospital Tuesday afternoon after being rescued from McDonald Park Pool in North Kamloops.
The friends were swimming in the outdoor pool at about 2 p.m. when one of them started to struggle in the deep end, said lifeguard Roseanna Sammet. One little girl was swimming in the deep end and started to struggle a little, and her friend actually recognized what was happening, said Sammet, one of five lifeguards on duty at the time. She went to help her and they both ended up needing help.