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re: Dad drowns trying to save a seagull in PCB
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:31 am to FearlessFreep
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:31 am to FearlessFreep
I will help an animal cross the street, but I am EXTREMELY careful when I do it.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:34 am to gumbo2176
frick seagulls. If you ever parked at UNO in the 90s, you know what I'm talking about.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:36 am to TimeOutdoors
I had a friend of a friend drown in Myrtle Beach trying to save a family from drowning in a riptide. His 3 kids and wife watched him drown from the beach where he had been throwing the baseball 30 mins earlier.
I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone nor do I think I will ever leave my family to help someone else in a similar situation. It was literally one of the most depressing things I’ve ever seen watching his family go through this so I feel horribly for his wife and kids and what a dumb thing to lay down your life for.
I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone nor do I think I will ever leave my family to help someone else in a similar situation. It was literally one of the most depressing things I’ve ever seen watching his family go through this so I feel horribly for his wife and kids and what a dumb thing to lay down your life for.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:36 am to jbgleason
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Luckily for me, one of my buddies saw me go for the ball and kept his eyes on me the whole time. Once he realized what was happening
So the girls just moved on and didn’t care if you or their ball was lost to the sea?
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:49 am to jscrims
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I had a friend of a friend drown in Myrtle Beach trying to save a family from drowning in a riptide. His 3 kids and wife watched him drown from the beach where he had been throwing the baseball 30 mins earlier.
2 guys I went to school with watched their dad drown in Destin saving their babysitter. He managed to get the babysitter to someone on a raft but ran out of gas and drowned before anyone could get to him.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:53 am to TimeOutdoors
Just gotta ask: why didn't he simply reel it in?
Tragic ending that doesn't seem worthy of ridicule.
So RIP to a guy following his conscience.
Tragic ending that doesn't seem worthy of ridicule.
So RIP to a guy following his conscience.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:55 am to jchamil
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He managed to get the babysitter to someone on a raft but ran out of gas and drowned before anyone could get to him.
That doesn’t make sense. He could have hung on the raft too when he got her to it. Unless he tried to swim back in solo.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:56 am to jchamil
I'm sure I look like a goober, but I carry one of the lifeguard floats to the beach. If I have to go rescue one of my kids I want a line to the shore and a flotation device. If it's a stranger drowning, then I am happy to let someone use it to rescue them, don't think I'll be the one getting in the water.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:59 am to jscrims
You should always find something that floats if you go out to save someone. That’s why the lifeguards have those red bouys tied to them when they go out. Or a surfboard they paddle out on.
On a regular beach crowd day, something has to be close. People bring blow up rafts, boogie boards, etc.
On a regular beach crowd day, something has to be close. People bring blow up rafts, boogie boards, etc.
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:00 pm to nes2010
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I'm sure I look like a goober, but I carry one of the lifeguard floats to the beach. If I have to go rescue one of my kids
I wouldn’t think you were a goober at all. A man has to be prepared to protect his family. Much respect to you for being so well prepared.
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:04 pm to lsuconnman
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So the girls just moved on and didn’t care if you or their ball was lost to the sea?
Have you been to Spring Break as a drunk 20 year old? It is chaos. No clue if they were paying attention or not as I was busy out there but I do know my buddy saved my arse. That event seems like a lifetime ago but I can remember realizing I was in trouble as clearly as if it happened yesterday. It was one of those moments where you think back and realize it was a coin toss if I lived or was a news story on the OT.
Posted on 10/29/26 at 12:09 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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I wouldn’t think you were a goober at all. A man has to be prepared to protect his family.
I want to see the OT’s protect your family travel pack. I imagine it weighs 600lb and requires the bed of a full size pickup.
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