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This topic has come up on HN several times before and it never ceases to unsettle me. I'd never had a personal experience with it before. It's even more chillin
by EvanAnderson 5y ago
This topic has come up on HN several times before and it never ceases to unsettle me. I'd never had a personal experience with it before. It's even more chilling after having had an experience with it.
My 8 y/o daughter recently attended a "pool party" w/ sports teammates. One of the mothers, fully clothed and there only acting as a chaperon, jumped in to pull out one of the girls who was in distress.
The distressed girl's mother had commented, just a few moments before, on how the girl was "fine" and "just playing" as she flailed about in the water. My wife said the girl didn't look to be in distress, per se, but was kind of "jumping around".
I found out later that the mother who rescued the girl she'd been a lifeguard. She recognized the girl was in distress. There were 8 to 10 other adults present and no one else, in or out of the pool, was thinking too much of it. It's absolutely chilling.
- Natsu 5y agoThe problem is that drowning looks exactly like someone just "jumping" in place in the pool. If you don't know what to look for, you might not realize what's going on, but for anyone who knows, it should rightfully set off alarm bells. I hope someone sends the parent this game so they can learn without having a dead kid :(