Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead at 54

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Anonymous wrote:How didn’t he know that he should swim parallel to the shore?

That knowledge alone may not be enough for someone who is not a strong swimmer.

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This so incredibly sad. May he RIP. Prayers to his family.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not ready for this.

I know there are already a lot of celebrities who have died, that were very present in my youth entertainment exposure, but this hits home.

We are not old. We're still trying to hide piercings from our elders and sneaking off to concerts in Baltimore.

You’re having BIG FUN, huh? Seeing The Wretched in Baltimore.

♥️😢

Such a classic episode. MJW actually directed it

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Anonymous wrote:How didn’t he know that he should swim parallel to the shore?

That knowledge alone may not be enough for someone who is not a strong swimmer.

It's counter intuitive to swim parallel. Most people see the beach and want to swim towards the shore especially when you're in full panic mode.

Tbh, I'm not even sure if I could swim parallel with all these waves battering at me, the water too deep now and i cant stand, and this current pulling me.

I think I'd be gasping for air and trying to stay afloat.

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I had a work colleague that drowned on vacation while with his family—similar situation I think. I think many beaches have had at least one drowning.

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Anonymous wrote:How didn’t he know that he should swim parallel to the shore?

That knowledge alone may not be enough for someone who is not a strong swimmer.

Yeah, I study the signs in North Carolina and make my family watch a rip tide safety PSA video at least once a year before we go to the beach and stick to lifeguarded areas if going in deeper than wading, but still, having never been caught in such I current I have no idea how I would react and what it would feel like. I've heard sometimes you feel pulled under like by your ankles which makes it sound like it could be hard to keep your head up.

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Anonymous wrote:How didn’t he know that he should swim parallel to the shore?

That knowledge alone may not be enough for someone who is not a strong swimmer.

Gosh, people are so judgy. He might have been a great swimmer, he might not have been. But no one is stronger than the ocean and it’s easy to lose sense of direction when things are going crazy. Very sad.

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Anonymous wrote:The Cosby Show was better for him being in it.

Sad day.

The Theo gets an earring episode… so great.

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I got caught in a rip tide in Costa Rica years ago. Luckily I was at a beach with calm waves, swam parallel to shore and eventually made it back. But it was exhausting. And one second we were in very shallow water and the next I was very far from shore. The beach he was at is know for more intense waves (favorite surfing beach) even if you do everything right it can still be very hard. Drowning can take as little as 30 seconds.

The ocean is beautiful but can be so scary. This makes me very sad.

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I was an ocean lifeguard for a long time and trust me, most of my victims were competent swimmers who just couldn't think clearly enough in a rip to swim parallel to shore. In fact, once I had them where they could stand they would shake their heads and tell me how they knew they needed to swim sideways but thought they could muscle through the rip. I heard he was swimming on an unguarded beach which there are plenty of in Costa Rica.

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Just recently a tv journalist put himself in a rip tide to show. He also had an expert with him. This expert explained why parallel isn’t always correct/-or if it is, you have to choose the right direction.

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Wow this is such a shock to hear.

I am his age & grew up watching him on The Cosby Show as a teen.

It is so tragic that he died from an accidental drowning - - the TMZ article states that another person was found alongside him in critical condition… I wonder if that was his child.
God I hope not.

Poor guy he will be missed and at 54, he was too young to die. 🕊️🕊️🕊️

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I wonder if in Costa Rica….do they have lifeguards on the beaches there that they have here in the States?

Regardless this story is very tragic.
Theo was a big part of my childhood on TV and he will be missed…

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Anonymous wrote:I got caught in a rip tide in Costa Rica years ago. Luckily I was at a beach with calm waves, swam parallel to shore and eventually made it back. But it was exhausting. And one second we were in very shallow water and the next I was very far from shore. The beach he was at is know for more intense waves (favorite surfing beach) even if you do everything right it can still be very hard. Drowning can take as little as 30 seconds.

The ocean is beautiful but can be so scary. This makes me very sad.

I got caught in a rip tide in Puerto Rico a few years ago and I completely forgot everything I knew about swimming parallel b/c I was panicking. I'm a fairly competent swimmer and strong in general, but I was zero match for that rip tide, and when I see a story like this it makes me realize how lucky I was. Poor MJM. I'm 53, grew up watching the NBC thursday lineup, and am so heartbroken for his family and friends.

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Anonymous wrote:How didn’t he know that he should swim parallel to the shore?

That knowledge alone may not be enough for someone who is not a strong swimmer.

Also, that beach he was at was mostly a surfing beach with huge waves. If you look at the photos on the internet, the surf looks VERY rough. Swimming back in just may not have been possible at that time.