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US pools close, go without lifeguards amid labor shortage

CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers enjoy Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers walk by a sign that warns of the absence of lifeguards at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - A man takes in the view of Sand Beach from a rocky overlook in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Brave swimmers wade into the chilly Atlantic Ocean at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers enjoy Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers walk by a sign that warns of the absence of lifeguards at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - A man takes in the view of Sand Beach from a rocky overlook in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Brave swimmers wade into the chilly Atlantic Ocean at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers enjoy Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers walk by a sign that warns of the absence of lifeguards at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - A man takes in the view of Sand Beach from a rocky overlook in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Brave swimmers wade into the chilly Atlantic Ocean at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers enjoy Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers walk by a sign that warns of the absence of lifeguards at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - A man takes in the view of Sand Beach from a rocky overlook in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Brave swimmers wade into the chilly Atlantic Ocean at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers enjoy Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Beachgoers walk by a sign that warns of the absence of lifeguards at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - A man takes in the view of Sand Beach from a rocky overlook in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) CORRECTS YEAR TO 2022 INSTEAD OF 2002 - Brave swimmers wade into the chilly Atlantic Ocean at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) The empty pool at the Hamlin Park Pool remains closed to swimmers in Chicago, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Chicago's public pools will remain closed until July 5, 2022, according to park superintendent and CEO Rosa Escareño. The city, like the rest of the U.S., is experiencing a critical shortage of lifeguards and is offering $600 retention bonuses to attract new applicants. (AP Photo/Claire Savage) The empty pool at the Hamlin Park Pool remains closed to swimmers in Chicago, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Chicago's public pools will remain closed until July 5, 2022, according to park superintendent and CEO Rosa Escareño. The city, like the rest of the U.S., is experiencing a critical shortage of lifeguards and is offering $600 retention bonuses to attract new applicants. (AP Photo/Claire Savage) Beach-goers enjoy Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2002, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Beach-goers walk by a sign that warns of the absence of lifeguards at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2002, near Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) A man takes in the view of Sand Beach from a rocky overlook in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2002, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Brave swimmers wade into the chilly Atlantic Ocean at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park, Saturday, June 11, 2002, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The park will not have lifeguards on duty this summer due to worker and housing shortages. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Lifeguard Hailey Landrun, 17, watches over the swimmers at the Douglass Park pool in Indianapolis, Friday, June 17, 2022. Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Lifeguard Rachel Mees, 21, watches over the swimmers at the Douglass Park pool in Indianapolis, Friday, June 17, 2022. Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Lifeguard Donald Harris, 17, helps a swimmer with her lifejacket at the Douglass Park pool in Indianapolis, Friday, June 17, 2022. Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Lifeguard Elizabeth Conley keeps an eye on the swimmers at the Douglass Park pool in Indianapolis, Friday, June 17, 2022. Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Lifeguard Elizabeth Conley keeps an eye on the swimmers at the Douglass Park pool in Indianapolis, Friday, June 17, 2022. Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) The empty pool at the Hamlin Park Pool remains closed to swimmers in Chicago, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Chicago's public pools will remain closed until July 5, 2022, according to park superintendent and CEO Rosa Escareño. The city, like the rest of the U.S., is experiencing a critical shortage of lifeguards and is offering $600 retention bonuses to attract new applicants. (AP Photo/Claire Savage) Pool manager Ashley Ford walks the pool deck during a at the Douglass Park pool in Indianapolis, Friday, June 17, 2022. Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) The empty pool at the Wrightwood Park Pool remains closed to swimmers in Chicago, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Chicago's public pools will remain closed until July 5, 2022, according to park superintendent and CEO Rosa Escareño. The city, like the rest of the U.S., is experiencing a critical shortage of lifeguards and is offering $600 retention bonuses to attract new applicants. (AP Photo/Claire Savage) Lifeguards Hailey Landrun, 17, and Rachel Mees, 21, watch over swimmers at the Douglass Park pool in Indianapolis, Friday, June 17, 2022. Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)