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re: LSU student dies after trying to save boy from rip current in Florida
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:15 pm to LSUAngelHere1
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:15 pm to LSUAngelHere1
Sharks aren’t going to get you... I’ve been past 2nd sandbar for years
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:17 pm to LSUAngelHere1
Seriously, that was the main thing on my mind during that little journey. Especially since I knew they were always swimming around slightly offshore. The Navy and CG helicopters that fly up and down the beach fairly close to shore, well almost directly underneath them is about where the things hang out.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:18 pm to LNCHBOX
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nd asked my wife how she thought I should respond if one of them get sucked out.
Did you get your wife’s permission to save a drowning child? I hope you got that slip signed.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:24 pm to DaBeerz
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Sharks aren’t going to get you... I’ve been past 2nd sandbar for years
I have as well.... beaucoup times. While the chances are very slim, sharks in fact do attack swimmers. Approx 10yrs ago they had the 13yo girl from Ascension who was killed by a bull shark in Destin. Just knowing it’s a possibility is all it takes for people to have a healthy dose of fear when that far out.
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:39 pm to Loup
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I'm a strong swimmer and I could hardly do anything against the current.
That was the problem. Don’t swim against it.
My kids knew how to get out of a rip at 6 years old. I use to find them and bring them out to teach them. The wife would get pissed but as much as we are in the water they needed to know. It helps that we lived there but it’s important for anyone.
Swim parallel to shore and the current will eventually start pushing you back in.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:49 pm to TigersSEC2010
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As horrible as it sounds, 9/10 the rescuer dies in these situations. If you decide to intervene, you better accept it may be your last act.
bullshite. Rescuers are routinely successful, but they don’t publish those stories as widely. Rip currents are very easy to deal with if you are a good swimmer. Simply tread water with a little bias parallel to the coast. Eventually you will be out of the rip and can begin making your way back to shore. The key is to not wear yourself out battling the current.
A good swimmer can tread water for two or three hours even with another person on board. If the victim stays in a panic the rescuer must incapacitate him or abandon him.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:50 pm to SippyCup
My closest near death experience was getting my brother out of one.
I would 100% definitely drown now if I tried the same thing.
I would 100% definitely drown now if I tried the same thing.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:50 pm to td1
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The Navy and CG helicopters that fly up and down the beach fairly close to shore, well almost directly underneath them is about where the things hang out.
There are more sharks out there than you think and not just beyond the sandbar. I use to swim 2 miles a day in Destin and would on occasion get bumped by a shark. Freaks you out just about every time but they are just curious.
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 4/13/21 at 6:29 pm to GroGan
quote:Agreed. I think the Kiwis, since they all live near water, grow up respecting it and learning if. Knowing rip tides and how to handle the water is second nature. Here in America people go to the water once a year and unfortunately it’s completely foreign to then
The intents and reactions of a rescuer in these scenarios are instinctual in most cases, as most of you probably can agree. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY The intents and reactions from a person while drowning are instinctual in ALL cases. Not knowing how to approach and take control of a drowning person can and often have dire consequences. At least 3 times a week, I would take my platoon and we would see who could ride the furthest out on a riptide between Del Mar and the LCAT tower on Pendleton...plenty experience with riptides and water rescue training and they are tough to accomplish with little or no training.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:13 pm to Byrdybyrd05
As a father to a soon to be 21 yo son, if this were to happen to my child, under these exact circumstances, I’d be proud of my boy and rest easy knowing he went valiantly.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:33 pm to SippyCup
You’ve heard of Touched by an Angel, now get ready for
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bumped by a shark
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:05 pm to Penrod
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bullshite. Rescuers are routinely successful, but they don’t publish those stories as widely. Rip currents are very easy to deal with if you are a good swimmer. Simply tread water with a little bias parallel to the coast. Eventually you will be out of the rip and can begin making your way back to shore. The key is to not wear yourself out battling the current.
Present day research has shown that if you simply tread water the current will make a 180 degree turn bringing you back to the shore in some minutes. Without this knowledge people panic thinking the tide is going to carry them out to sea.
LINK
“Most rip currents are part of a closed circuit, says Robert Anthony Dalrymple, a coastal engineer and rip current scientist at Johns Hopkins University. If you ride a rip current long enough – float along with it – you will usually be taken back to shore by a diffuse, weaker return flow.”
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:22 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Very sad news.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:44 pm to borotiger
My kids hate it and they are the only kids on the beach wearing pfds.... But I know I'm not strong enough of a swimmer to help them I make them wear one and we monitor the flags religiously.
I even bring a good float with me should I need to snag it to get to them.
I refuse to lose them to something like that. There are pools at the hotel and if the weather is too bad we just stay at the pool. I was really quickly swept off my feet and out before I knew wtf was going on and likely only lucked out with my height and the fact I was able to dig into a sand bar right off the surf to keep upright and next to shore in Galveston.
Never again.
Bless that young man and his family.
I even bring a good float with me should I need to snag it to get to them.
I refuse to lose them to something like that. There are pools at the hotel and if the weather is too bad we just stay at the pool. I was really quickly swept off my feet and out before I knew wtf was going on and likely only lucked out with my height and the fact I was able to dig into a sand bar right off the surf to keep upright and next to shore in Galveston.
Never again.
Bless that young man and his family.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 10:34 pm to LSUAngelHere1
This man is hero but how can you float out. You will be too far from shore
Posted on 4/13/21 at 10:38 pm to Boo Krewe
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This man is hero but how can you float out. You will be too far from shore
It's salt water. Easy to float and you tread to stay up. When you come out of it the waves going in will help carry you back in. And while treading you can start to make your way parallel to shore to get out of it sooner.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 10:44 pm to Boo Krewe
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but how can you float out. You will be too far from shore
Do like I would do and start screaming like a bitch. I only get in the water with a green flag, even yellow I stay on the sand
Or whatever color flag it is for mild water
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 4/13/21 at 10:48 pm to Boo Krewe
You really don’t even have to exert energy treading. Just remaining calm will keep you bobbing up and down riding the waves. My daddy told me it’s a lot easier to save you if you drift out than it is if you go under and drown. Believe it or not once the rip is done with you the ocean will start pushing you back toward the shore. And you’ll still have energy to swim along with it.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:30 am to Byrdybyrd05
Damn, issue more PSA’s about it. Don’t fight it, let it take you around in a box, right back to the beach.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:57 am to GEAUXmedic
Absolute horrible. I can’t imagine his poor parents. Seemed like a great kid. Prayers for this young man and his family.
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