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re: Very sad story from my neighborhood
Posted on 5/27/26 at 1:31 pm to supatigah
Posted on 5/27/26 at 1:31 pm to supatigah
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I am a big chicken when it comes to the ocean. I wont go out past standing up to my chest.
Even being just chest high is enough to get swept off your feet and pulled away by the current.
ETA: can't be said enough, especially to kids who think they'll be fine because they know how to swim.........
If you ever lose your footing and feel yourself being pulled away from the beach, don't try to swim directly back to shore. Swim parallel to the beach until you're out of the rip current and then swim back towards the beach.
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 1:33 pm
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 1:38 pm to Tiger Prawn
I went swimming in the pacific in Waikiki Hawaii and the current was so strong I ended up almost a half mile down the beach from where I went in
I didn’t post this to bum people out, it hit me personally because he Joshua was a kid I would see almost everyday and his family are super nice and friendly people
Just hits different when you know the victim
I didn’t post this to bum people out, it hit me personally because he Joshua was a kid I would see almost everyday and his family are super nice and friendly people
Just hits different when you know the victim
Posted on 5/27/26 at 1:40 pm to supatigah
Truly awful situation. 150 yards isn't a walk in the park so he must have been a good swimmer; and that gave overconfidence to his parents. I've seen it too often.
For spring break, we were at Clearwater Beach and this little girl that couldn't have been more than six years old was all by herself. A wave came and swept her to where she couldn't stand was struggling to swim. Me and another father I didn't know grabbed her and walked her to shore. It literally took us 5min to find her parents to explain what happened.
Maybe I'm a helicopter parent but I couldn't imagine letting my kids be out of sight or going that far
For spring break, we were at Clearwater Beach and this little girl that couldn't have been more than six years old was all by herself. A wave came and swept her to where she couldn't stand was struggling to swim. Me and another father I didn't know grabbed her and walked her to shore. It literally took us 5min to find her parents to explain what happened.
Maybe I'm a helicopter parent but I couldn't imagine letting my kids be out of sight or going that far
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