Can You Spot the Kid Drowning in This Video Before the Lifeguard Does?

[MonacoMike]

Just a reminder to keep a sharp eye at the pool or on the water. Amazing how small the clues are.

Several videos to test yourself with at this link.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ning-in-this-video-before-the-lifeguard-does/

Be safe...

MM

 

[Zorba]

Thanks for posting. I have a 4 year old that is going 100mph all the time and my #1 fear is him falling in the water. Our water clarity is not the greatest at the dock and all it takes is one misstep or 1 second of not paying attention and a kid could be gone. My rule from day one is that while the boat is underway he will have a lifejacket on. While moored or at the dock the lifejacket can come off but is immediately replaced with a life/ski belt. Hes been wearing them both since the day he could crawl and they come second nature to him.

 

[mistercomputerman]

I heard that most drowning victims do not make a lot of noise or splash a lot. They push down on the water with their arms (like this young man) to get their head up above water, but, rarely do they call for help like in the movies and on TV.

 

[MonacoMike]

I heard that most drowning victims do not make a lot of noise or splash a lot. They push down on the water with their arms (like this young man) to get their head up above water, but, rarely do they call for help like in the movies and on TV.

And yet subconsciously that is what our brains are looking for, what we learned in movies and on TV...

MM

 

[Cincy Aquaholic]

I think I spotted him at about 29 second mark. Going back through it, it appears he was struggling 10 seconds earlier. Drowning does not look like what it seems like it would. There's an excellent article out there on the topic. People don't scream because they are desperately trying to inhale air.

 

[mwph]

Thanks Mike.
I'm not around pools or kids much at all. But we all need to be reminded every now & then that water cares not how old you are nor how long you have been around it.

 

[mwph]

When I first got my boat, my brother (a very experienced boater), often reminded me to be careful around the docks. "I've always been a pretty good swimmer" I told him. His reply...... "Even Michael Phelps can't swim if you hit your head on the way in".

 

[Boat Guy]

Those wave pools look unsafe to me. Far too many people to scan.

 

[Joe5.0]

I spotted him almost immediately, his head was underwater FAR more often than everyone else and he kept going further and further down with each wave. Def scary.

I had a pretty scary event myself, and I'm a pretty strong swimmer. I slid off the front of the bow thinking the water was 3-4' deep (it was less than 3' deep at the swim platform. There was a dropoff and I ended up in at least 8' of water, and of course went all the way under. I took a real nice gulp of air into my lungs and then had to swim to the side of the boat so I could stand and catch my breath. My wife had no idea until I was coughing like crazy like 30 seconds later.

 

[BritLady]

Thanks for posting, very good reminder that "real life" is not always like you see in the movies In FL we have an awful number of young children drowned each year in family pools, it only takes a few minutes.