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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My uncle drowned years ago in the Chesapeake on Easter weekend early April in a boating accident.  He knew how to swim, but the water is just too cold that time of year.  even with a lifejacket, the water is like a boa constrictor around your chest, every breath in and it squeezes, until you just cannot breath anymore.  Then you either pass out and die of 1) drowning, or 2) hypothermia.  Even if they had life jackets, they would not have survived whatsoever.  My heart breaks for them.

My uncle's body washed on shore 4 days later.  I hope their bodies are found so the family can have some closure. [/quote]

I'm very sorry for your loss.  However, I believe that you are probably wrong about what the outcome would  have been in this case had they been wearing life jackets.

They were spotted struggling in their canoe and a call was placed to 911 at 4:49 PM.  The Coast Guard responded promptly, and by 7:00 pm, their canoe was recovered.

No one knows exactly when they went into the water, but the temperature in the bay is now in the mid 40s.  People survive 1 to 3 hours in 40 to 50 degree water.  Life jackets would have kept their heads and a portion of their torsos out of the water and provided insulation, buying them additional time before hypothermia set in.

A total of 19 vessels and 5 aircraft participated in the search.  With life vests, they would probably have held on to the canoe or drifted along with it.  They would have been found within one to two hours of entering the water would most likely have survived, even if unconscious by then.

They drowned and sank to the bottom when their lungs filled with water.  The vessels looking for them probably passed over them several times.  In few days, once the process of decomposition fills their chest cavities with gas, they will float to the surface an be spotted or wash up on shore.[/quote]

I have so many questions. Who else was on the beach with them when this occurred? Were the other kids left alone on the beach while mother and son went out in the canoe? Why would she leave her other kids there alone? Why didn't someone immediately call for help? Why did it wait until a bystander saw them at 4:49 pm? Someone must have been with them on that beach or it wouldn't have been known they went into the water to get a ball. Why the heck didn't someone call for help sooner? So preventable and therefore tragic.[/quote]

We posted similar questions at around same time — yes, I too, wonder what other adults were with them and why call made so late.[/quote]

Exactly. And if no one else was on the beach with them, how do we know they went in to get a ball? Very strange, IMO[/quote]

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