A PSA: Do you know what drowning looks like?

[owlice]

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

The new captain jumped from the cockpit, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the owners who were swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach. “I think he thinks you’re drowning,” the husband said to his wife. They had been splashing each other and she had screamed but now they were just standing, neck-deep on the sand bar. “We’re fine, what is he doing?” she asked, a little annoyed. “We’re fine!” the husband yelled, waving him off, but his captain kept swimming hard. ”Move!” he barked as he sprinted between the stunned owners. Directly behind them, not ten feet away, their nine-year-old daughter was drowning. Safely above the surface in the arms of the captain, she burst into tears, “Daddy!”

The rest here: http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/

[orin stepanek]

Scary!
I remember water skiing and lost control; as I forgot to let go of the tow rope. The boat pulled me down under quite a way before I let go. It seemed like it took forever to get to the surface. That was a scary moment. Drowning would not be a good way to go.