Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
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Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.

  • Someone8765210932@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult

    These kinds of statistic are harrowing, if you think about them a bit longer. Hundreds of children will fight for their lives only meters away from their parents trying to get their attention, and die.