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Everyone should learn how to swim.

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T.Spliff
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/03/2010-08-03_six_teens_drown_in_shreveports_red_river_while_trying_to_save_each_other_in_loui.html

Hope it's not a repost, but this story is crazy.
Aug 18 2010 9:17PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i'm going to disagree with you. i'm not a certified lifeguard and I've pulled 5 people from the water over the course of my lifetime. It's not about being a certified life guard, it's about being comfortable in the water and knowing how to react in an emergency situation.

And the victim of the original drowning can't pull you down if you're behind them. :)

Aug 19 2010 10:02AM
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I.Love.Beezy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2teSx5xiRk&feature=search
Aug 19 2010 10:17AM
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Hack.The.Pow.
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This. When you get trained on being a lifeguard you get trained on how to properly save someone and not let them just latch onto you and drag you down with them
Aug 19 2010 10:20AM
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A.Eberhard
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Agreed, going in after someone and not being well-trained can put you in the same situation.
Aug 19 2010 10:30AM
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selkirks
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It's one of those things where we always say, "take a class" and people never do. Water Safety courses are important at all ages. And knowing how to swim is a critical life skill.
Aug 19 2010 2:23PM
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Parrish
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My buoyancy was extremely fucked up. I was talking to a certified swimming instructor that has been teaching for like 20 years. She told me she had a student that his point where he floated was like 4 feet underwater. I just never floated above the water like everybody else/

Probably isn't right now as much, gained some weight, grew a bit, but I've just gotten so used to being afraid.
Aug 19 2010 4:08PM
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Norred
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who the fuck doesn't know how to swim? god dammit people
Aug 19 2010 6:24PM
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pigglywiggly
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A black kid in my gym class almost drowned during the swimming section.
Aug 19 2010 6:31PM
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VT_FLO
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lol @ black stereotypes being accurate
Aug 19 2010 6:50PM
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MatRich
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best part is that they had a lifejacket but they just decided to throw that in the river instead of wearing it
Aug 19 2010 6:51PM
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roor
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they were bread that way so they couldn't jump of the slave ships.

jokes
Aug 19 2010 6:52PM
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