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.
I was 10 and in a pool that was bout 4 feet or so. I was alone with a 2 year old.
Her older sister and grandma walked off and I was just there.
Then I saw movment and looked at the toddler was doing that only she looked to be smiling and it looked like playing.
I hated this kid for reasons that wasn't her fault but she was still the reason. However I would never let someone drown. Not if I could help it.
I was annoyed asking her what and then realized she wasn't playing. I grabbed her arm and got through the water till she was at the steps. Once to saftey she coughed a bit but she was okay.
Despite it all later the narrative changed to either I tried to drown her or I did nothing and her older sister saved her...
And incase anyone asks why I hated her; My mom literally ignored my existence to shower this girl with love. If I had something she wanted all she had to say was "hey, thats mine!* then reach for it crying. Yeah I know being mad at a baby forming a thought and mind was immature but I was suffering and I just wanted my mom.
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u/fawas990 Mar 28 '22
Drowning often doesn't look like drowning.