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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Another important piece of information related to this story, is how to recognize someone is drowning. I don't think in this case, people were oblivious to the fact he was in trouble, but the idea that drowning people thrash about, yelling for help, is false:
http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/
Often people in real trouble - don't look like they are in real trouble. |
Thanks for posting that. I honestly had the totally wrong idea of what a drowning person looked like. Thought it was wild thrashing and yelling for help (as portrayed on TV/movies). Here is the video showing what a typical drowning victim looks like.