Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning

[lprof]

Thanks, StJohnRuth, for sharing this informative article.

http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/

[mindehankins]

Excellent article. So glad you thought to bring it over here!

[Joppa]

I live on the Seacoast of NH. We had a 12 yr old girl drown on Memorial Day. I am going to share this on my FB page for all to see. It may save a life here in NH. Thanks for sharing.

[jaq w]

Thanks - very informative. I'm e-mailing it to my sisters and posting it on FB.

[liamsaunt]

This is an excellent article. I rescued my niece in a pool once, and her behavior was just like described. No stuggling, no shouting. It was only the way her eyes looked that clued me in that something was wrong. There were three adults in the pool with her, it was not like she was not being watched. Absolutely terrifying.

[piscesgirl0314]

We just had a nine year old boy drown at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront yesterday...I told my own nine year old daughter "this is the reason I'm on your butt when we're at the beach..." Thanks for sharing...I posted it on my facebook...

[PA Girl]

I just emailed the article around to friends and family. Thanks.

[Connie]

Good article. Keep your eyes open not just for your family and friends that are in the water.

A 3 year old beautiful girl drowned at a local pool near us last Friday. She was in the water for a long time before anybody pulled her out. Just heartbraking.

[California Girl]

Great article, and so sorry to hear about all these children who have drowned recently!!

I'm old enough to remember when Natalie Wood drowned and one of the things that kept being repeated on the news was that no one heard any cries for help or thrashing in the water, it was silent.

Thanks for posting this lprof!

[Lindy]

This exact scenario almost happened to my daughter when she was about 4 years old. Luckily I was watching and sitting within an arm's reach. We were in very shallow water - no more than waist deep for her and she was playing around by bobbing up and down. On one of her downward "bobs" she lost her footing and got disoriented or just didn't have the presence of mind to stand up again. I saw her head slip under the water with her little pigtails floating and her hands waving around in what looked like a playful fashion but I KNEW that she had so far been too afraid to put her entire head under water. I was pregnant at the time and sitting on the lake bottom so I wasn't very graceful. I managed to lunged and grab one of her pigtails and pulled her to the surface and she immediately started crying because she was so frightened. If I hadn't been sitting 5 feet away watching her who KNOWS what could have happened!!

[lpowmacback]

Excellent information - thank you so much for posting this!

[Nic in KC]

That is a great article! Thanks!

[ColatoStJohn]

Thank you so much for sharing this article - it's something we all need to know.

[rpplano]

Thanks for the sharing of the knowledge. We have a pool and a six month grandson. We are being very cautious about this danger. The article is being spread around to all our friends and family.