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What specific actions or omissions by the lifeguards directly contributed to the swimmer's death, and what immediate consequences resulted from their failure to act?

Three lifeguards, McVeigh, Monaghan, and Holden, face charges for failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of a swimmer, Christopher Rogers, who died at Orchard Leisure Centre in 2017. Rogers spent over five minutes submerged before rescue, and a coroner attributed his death to lack of oxygen. The lifeguards' police statements revealed a lack of immediate concern, despite observing Rogers' prolonged submersion.