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re: 10 year old swept out to sea in Destin.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:16 pm to GeauxTigers123
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:16 pm to GeauxTigers123
As a dad to a toddler, water is my absolute greatest fricking nightmare.
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Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:18 pm to Barbellthor
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As a dad to a toddler, water is my absolute greatest fricking nightmare.
When we went camping up in Northern Wisconsin, we made our son wear a life vest and attached a bell since we were up on a hill next to a lake.
As a kid I nearly drowned at the lake house in Alabama, my brother jumped in and saved me from death but I still love the water as I quickly learned how to swim.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:22 pm to bad93ex
That poor little girls body won’t be found. Been too long. Decomp and all the sea creatures took their toll.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:32 pm to GeauxTigers123
nightmare. I am so sorry
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:47 pm to GeauxTigers123
Not a great place for anyone to go swimming.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:50 pm to Barbellthor
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As a dad to a toddler,
Get em in swimming lessons. They can tread water as soon or before they can walk. So many people have pools now the opportunity for an accident is everywhere.
We know of a lady in Prairieville who lost her toddler to drowning when she was sitting beside the pool with a friend. He slipped by and jumped in and went to the bottom.
Once they go under, its all silence. No thrashing about like in the movies. Its quite terrifying when you realize just how fast and easily stuff like that happens.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 11:00 pm to GeauxTigers123
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As much as people may object, it’s probably not a bad idea to wear a life jacket whenever swimming in a body of water.
Especially if they cannot swim, which was the case here. Similar to not making kids wear a seat belt in a car.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 11:46 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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Not a great place for anyone to go swimming.
Florida?
Posted on 6/21/25 at 7:06 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Not a great place for anyone to go swimming.
Its actually an awesome place to go; interesting marine life along the rock jetty and good for searching for sea shells on the beach.. Brought the family a few times to that spot. I'm not sure what happened in this case but there was never a threat if not going beyond where the boats anchor and most people are.
This post was edited on 6/21/25 at 7:07 am
Posted on 6/21/25 at 7:26 am to GeauxTigers123
This is terrible.
I hate saying this but IF she is intact, it takes about 3 days for the body to start floating. Im afraid this won't get to happen.
God Speed to the family. Thats the worst nightmare for the parents
I hate saying this but IF she is intact, it takes about 3 days for the body to start floating. Im afraid this won't get to happen.
God Speed to the family. Thats the worst nightmare for the parents
Posted on 6/21/25 at 7:33 am to Barbellthor
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As a dad to a toddler, water is my absolute greatest fricking nightmare.
Swimming lessons, early and often. My kid went from being terrified of getting in water at age 3 or so to swimming like a fish by 7. Once he realized he could swim and got confidence he loved it.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 7:37 am to GeauxTigers123
I almost lost my youngest to rip current down there. I was able to grab his arm just before he got too far. This was in thigh deep water. We forget that kids are shorter and the water is pushing against their entire body length.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 7:55 am to SloaneRanger
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Crab Island
Yeah you have to be careful especially if you are anchored close to the edge. One or two steps out into it and it drops off pretty quickly. We’ve seen some bad things happen to people who don’t know what they are doing on rental pontoon boats out there.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 8:29 am to GeauxTigers123
Poor child. What a cruel fate. Go to have fun in the sun only to be pulled away and gone in a matter of minutes. The horror of it all, for her and her family.
I wish more people knew not to swim near jetties, piers, or sandbars. Very strong, dangerous currents develop quickly, especially in these areas, and can sweep people up and away in shockingly shallow water.
Also, people that know how to swim and would not drown in a pool can and do drown in open water. Even athletic, strong swimmers.
It's a false sense of security to believe knowing how to swim will save someone. In addition to the challenges of rapidly changing conditions driven by powerful forces is the fatigue that sets in. A person may be swimming, but they're not really moving and getting anywhere, and eventually succumb to exhaustion.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 8:39 am to LetTheTigerOut
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Also, people that know how to swim and would not drown in a pool can and do drown in open water. Even athletic, strong swimmers.
It's a false sense of security to believe knowing how to swim will save someone.
No, i just think people vastly underestimate what a strong swimmer actually is. Amongst people i consider strong swimmers, only 1 has ever died swimming... and that was related to an open water swim in ridiculously warm water in the UAE.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 8:41 am to HeadCall
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Cue all the douchebags who take this tragedy as an opportunity to call the parents shitty people and brag about how they’d never let a ten year old out of their sight for more than a second.
You obviously don’t have kids.
I’ve been taking my kids to the beach since they could walk and there’s no way either of them were going out above waist deep water without me watching at that age. Kids aren’t mature enough to appreciate that things can go sideways really quickly…that’s what parents are for.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 8:43 am to Dixie2023
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Neither were wearing life jackets and neither could swim
Interesting
Posted on 6/21/25 at 9:01 am to MoarKilometers
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vastly underestimate what a strong swimmer actually is
If your assertion is that knowing what capabilities define a strong swimmer would prevent one with such bona fides from drowning, then maybe this will help put it into perspective.
This is in fact one of the reason why I posted, as many mistakenly believe being a "strong swimmer" will save them if they should get into trouble.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 9:10 am to LetTheTigerOut
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If your assertion is that knowing what capabilities define a strong swimmer would prevent one with such bona fides from drowning, then maybe this will help put it into perspective.
This is in fact one of the reason why I posted, as many mistakenly believe being a "strong swimmer" will save them if they should get into trouble.
Actually being a strong swimmer will save you, and possibly others, erroneously believing that's you will kill you. It's the delusion that kills folks.
Posted on 6/21/25 at 9:12 am to SquatchDawg
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You obviously don’t have kids. I’ve been taking my kids to the beach since they could walk and there’s no way either of them were going out above waist deep water without me watching at that age. Kids aren’t mature enough to appreciate that things can go sideways really quickly…that’s what parents are for.
Boy you ain’t kidding. My eyes never leave the kids if they are in the water.
Biblical, historical, whatever you want to call it, the ocean is not to be messed with.
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