[kipperfan]

The thread title makes this sound like it could be a Darwin award situation, but after reading it I think it was a reasonable response by everyone involved. Finding out that only the son dies trying to save the dog, the Dad then dies trying to save the son and the mothers death is almost unrelated to the other two - I can't really find fault with anyone. Maybe the son shouldnt have gone in after the dog but it is amazingly easy to underestimate the ocean and the strength of the current and I (even knowing what I know about ocean currents) would probably have tried to save my dog too.

As for the dad, any reasonable Dad is going to jump into the ocean to try and save his Son. Heck, the one most likely to be awarded the Darwin out of this scenario is the Mom - standing their watching her husband and son die as she herself doesn't try to either save them or move backwards out of harms way is pretty stupid - but given the circumstances I can see how it happened.