I'd do the same, but in slow motion, with the setting sun casting long shadows, and some sort of instrumental montage music going in the background.At the minimum, shoes. Then socks and shirt if I'm running to the water and have time to.
I'd do the same, but in slow motion, with the setting sun casting long shadows, and some sort of instrumental montage music going in the background.
sometimes little kids do weird stuff just for the heck of it. maybe he was holding his breath, but better safe then sorryLotta accidental lifeguards here!
True story, I did pull my 3-4 y/o out of the lake water. He was standing in it, up to his eyeballs, nose and mouth underwater. Was watching both him and his younger brother by myself, a full time job. He might have been panicking but he was just standing there silently. It's true that they say that drowning doesn't look like drowning. IDK if he took one step too many from shore or what...
Yeah, my Daughter is a life guard now, she has it easy at a Yacht club pool, I had a wave pool and the Ocean.I think my cell phone is good for 1m so just my shoes and possibly my jacket if I was wearing one. My sons are way faster swimmers than me so I'd be yelling for them too!
Yeah, my son is getting his life guard training and they go over how to deal with panicked people in the water so you can minimize this. Not to say its always going to work perfectly!
Same story. I pulled a three year old girl out of Steel Lake in Federal Way, WA over 40 years ago. She was not breathing, but threw up and started breathing right after I handed her off to the lifeguard. The water was only waist deep for me. A year later my sister chanced to meet the parents at her church and I was able to find out she was okay. I spent a lot of time worrying that I did not react quickly enough.Lotta accidental lifeguards here!
True story, I did pull my 3-4 y/o out of the lake water. He was standing in it, up to his eyeballs, nose and mouth underwater. Was watching both him and his younger brother by myself, a full time job. He might have been panicking but he was just standing there silently. It's true that they say that drowning doesn't look like drowning. IDK if he took one step too many from shore or what...
Lotta accidental lifeguards here!
True story, I did pull my 3-4 y/o out of the lake water. He was standing in it, up to his eyeballs, nose and mouth underwater. Was watching both him and his younger brother by myself, a full time job. He might have been panicking but he was just standing there silently. It's true that they say that drowning doesn't look like drowning. IDK if he took one step too many from shore or what...
Same story. I pulled a three year old girl out of Steel Lake in Federal Way, WA over 40 years ago. She was not breathing, but threw up and started breathing right after I handed her off to the lifeguard. The water was only waist deep for me. A year later my sister chanced to meet the parents at her church and I was able to find out she was okay. I spent a lot of time worrying that I did not react quickly enough.
Jupiter inlet is no joke !I saved one person. He fell of his Yamaha WaveRunner just outside the Jupiter Inlet, in "victory at sea" conditions (rough). His WaveRunner was rolled by the waves, the seat came off and contents came out. He had no life vest on (a requirement in Florida) and was a body builder type.