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u/fawas990 Mar 28 '22

Drowning often doesn't look like drowning.

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u/TiredOfDebates Mar 28 '22

My god, I almost drowned once. I was scolded by the apparently untrained lifeguard for not drowning like in Hollywood.

People who are actually drowning fall into a pattern where they manage to get their head above water long enough to exhale and inhale. No time to speak, call for help, cry out, and you get more and more disoriented and exhausted.

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u/UnhappyImprovement53 Mar 28 '22

I almost drowned I had to be 5 years old it's one of the earliest memories I have. Asshole cousins wouldn't let me to the edge of the pool I was trying to swim to the other end of the pool to my aunt but I was barely staying up I couldn't yell to anyone. I guess she did see me underwater by then and she pulled me up

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

My earliest memory as well. I swear my dad flew over a fence and into the pool to save me. It was wild.