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Re: Announce: Drowning
By:Robert N Pruden
Date: 7/29/2011, 5:46 pm
In Response To: Announce: Drowning (Mike Bielski)

That's a good article, Mike. I remember when I almost drowned a dozen or more years ago. I was swimming to a diving dock some 50-yards from shore on choppy water. Normally, I am a strong swimmer but for some reason, that day, every time I came up for air I got a mouth full of water. Instead of relaxing and timing things better, I went into a semi-panick mode and fought to get air. Once I realized that I was in serious trouble, I relaxed, watched the wave action from below and then timed my breaths well enough to get my strength back. Once you fall short of air, there isn't much time left to live...I came that close. My wife at the time knew something was up because I stopped swimming and basically disappeared from the surface while I was trying to relax. She was in panick mode until finally she saw me start swimming again. Once I got on that diving dock, I sat still for a while, feeling really uncomfortable with the idea of having to swim back. I did swim back just fine but my confidence was shaken by how little time it took my body to weaken to the point where I knew time was of the absolute essence. Nowadays I take things very calmly when I fall in...no panick, just collect the senses and start thinking.

Robert N Pruden

Messages In This Thread

Announce: Drowning
Mike Bielski -- 7/29/2011, 10:33 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 7/29/2011, 11:46 am
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Dave Houser -- 7/29/2011, 3:37 pm
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StephenHJ -- 7/29/2011, 4:04 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/29/2011, 5:46 pm
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StephenHJ -- 7/29/2011, 7:36 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/29/2011, 11:29 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/30/2011, 8:41 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 7/30/2011, 12:21 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/30/2011, 7:51 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/31/2011, 1:14 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 7/31/2011, 2:00 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/31/2011, 2:19 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/31/2011, 3:30 pm
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StephenHJ -- 8/1/2011, 3:44 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/1/2011, 2:07 am
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ancient kayaker -- 8/3/2011, 11:18 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/30/2011, 4:14 am
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Kevn McAtee -- 7/30/2011, 8:07 pm
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John Messinger -- 3/24/2013, 10:19 am