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The Nahant Beach lifeguard
station is dedicated to a former
lifeguard and Nahant resident.
PHOTO: JIM WILSON
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Remembering
BY ELYSE CARMOSINO
For Jennifer Carbone, a walk on
Nahant Beach will always include a
chance to think of her late son.
The lifeguard station at Nahant Beach
was officially named the "Maximillian X.
Carbone Lifeguard Station" in August
in memory of the Nahant resident and
college student who died last year.
“It’s such an honor to recognize Max
and the other lifeguards in this way,” said
Jennifer, “These lifeguards bear an incredible
responsibility to keep the community safe
while they enjoy this beautiful beach, and
they do an excellent job.”
Carbone’s family had previously
worked with Sen. Brendon Crighton,
along with Rep. Peter Capano, to
advocate for language in Nahant’s
2020 budget that would allow them
to dedicate the lifeguard station in
Carbone’s name.
The language was signed into law by
Governor Charlie Baker last July.
Carbone, a 2017 graduate of
Swampscott High School, was a
sophomore biomedical engineering
student at Wentworth Institute of
Technology when he died at school
unexpectedly in April 2019.
An active member of his community
and a lifelong beach-lover, he was a
lifeguard from 2015 to 2018 at Nahant
Beach and is remembered fondly by his
fellow lifeguards as a kind, supportive,
and true leader who once saved the life of
a choking toddler while on duty.
In a statement released after his
death, Carbone’s family described him
as a hardworking student and a “sweet,
happy and loving son, brother and
friend.”
“Max was the glue that held us
together,” said friend Sofie Katona at
Carbone’s Celebration of Life in 2019.
“He didn’t have a chance to finish what
he started, but there’s no doubt that he
taught all of us to live, laugh, and love.”