Volunteer lifeguards who have been in contact with those present on the beach where Malcolm-Jamal Warner died are shining a light on the tragic sequence of events. According to Mike Geist - a lifeguard instructor and vice president of Caribbean Guard, a group of 35 volunteer lifeguards - Warner and a group of unidentified individuals had a surf lesson early in the day. "They had a good surf lesson," Geist exclusively shared with Us Weekly on Tuesday, July 22. "After the surf lesson, I think they stayed on the beach for a while and then decided to get back in the water.