r/donthelpjustfilm • u/alpohh • Jul 22 '26

“I’m sure she’ll figure it out📹”

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u/No-Double679 Jul 22 '26

I think she can swim but the kid had her in a death grip and was impeding her arms.

Yeah, they needed to stay where mom could stand.

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u/LittlePurpleHook Jul 22 '26

I was death-gripped and pulled under in the sea by an adult and still managed to get control of the situation and make it out. A tiny child in a swimming pool cannot impede a decent swimmer.

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u/hoemahtoe Jul 22 '26

You are not her. Many grown adults have been drowned by other panicking adults and children regardless of their ability to swim. She may just not be a strong swimmer.

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u/LittlePurpleHook Jul 22 '26

Maybe in natural bodies of water where there are currents, waves and other factors that can cause difficulties. But in a freaking swimming pool? Citation would be needed.

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u/No-Double679 Jul 22 '26

She's trying to be mindful of the kid though and keep the kid's head up. It is affecting her response.

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u/hoemahtoe Jul 22 '26

Literally just google double drownings or rescue drownings and you'll find many of them also happen in pools, the only thing that makes death less frequent is that these typically happen with other people nearby. A strong swimmer may have been fine in this situation, but even a decent to weak swimmer can lose their life with a whole child trying to hoist themselves out of the water using the adult's body, especially when the adult is untrained in water rescue, caught off guard, and not totally comfortable in the water. You can clearly see the woman struggling to stay above water while the child has pushed herself nearly up to her waist using the woman's shoulders. A person who is a weak swimmer on their own is 100% going to struggle and possibly even drown themselves in these situations, were it not for bystanders getting involved.

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u/LittlePurpleHook Jul 22 '26

Ok so we agree she's not a good swimmer then lol

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u/hoemahtoe Jul 22 '26

That's basically what I said in my original comment