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Originally Posted by polak
I always assumed it was injuries of some sort that cause people who can swim to drown in open water. Assuming that they're within swimming distance to shore or a boat of course.
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Last summer my wife and I were swimming in a lake and there was a floating dock about 50-75 yards out. Because I'm a man-child, I challenged her immediately to a race. Once I lost, I began my swim-of-shame back to shore. It's not like I was unable to breathe or even that my limbs were overly sore, but suddenly for a moment I lost buoyancy and sunk just enough to submerge my face. It was kind of a "oh... so that's how that happens" moment. I can imagine having to swim 200 yards and feeling pretty confident, but then things just don't end well.