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Hats off to Jim Sciutto (subscription required) for his imaginative story pitch for ABC. It is not bad work to be land an assignment to the beach resort of Pescara on the Adriatic Sea. His idea was the Italian Baywatch--and these lifeguards do not even have orange bathing suits to cover their private parts. They have fur instead. Borrowing from the ancient European tradition of fishermen's dogs, the coast guard in Italy trains Newfoundlands and Labradors to rescue drowning bathers. "It is their natural qualities that serve them best," Sciutto assured us. These breeds are adapted for swimming--flaps of skin that make their paws webbed--and retrieving too. "Labradors get very excited when they see a person in the water." They jump in towards them "without hesitation." Mission accomplished, Sciutto can now relax with a cool Campari.
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