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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eKUDc2qeeY[/youtube]

Video of a 5yo drowning in a pool with several adults just walking by.  Its terrifying and makes me sick to my stomach to see, but is also informative and really struck home to me just how easily something so horrible could happen.

It includes the 5 'real' signs of drowning:

-Head Tilted Back: The victim will tilt their head back to attempt to get air and breathe
•Mouth at Water Level: A drowning victim is trying to keep their mouth at water’s level to get air but has no time to yell for help because they are barely able to take in air. The mouth will bop up for air and back down under the water.
•No Waiving or Hailing For Help: Nature instinctively forces victims to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
•Eyes Appear Glassy / Empty
•Bodies Stay Upright in the Water: The victim will stay upright in the water because of the lateral arm pressing, but there is usually no supporting kick.
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Holy crap, that video is terrifying.  [/quote]

Yes, it is absolutely terrifying. Please watch your kids closely at the pool this summer![/quote]

That was seriously upsetting to watch. Miraculously, the boy is ok. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4584114/amp/Horrifying-moment-five-year-old-boy-starts-drowning.html

Don’t leave your kids in the pool and go to the sauna![/quote]

OMFG he's LIFELESS BODY hits a woman and it still takes her a bit to realize he's almost dead.  I can not believe how many people walked right past him.  I also have a hard time believing he has no lasting effects from being oxygen deprived that long...[/quote]

My thoughts exactly.  I'm not sure what kind of pool this is but in a normal community pool I would like to think that someone would notice a child struggling well before that.  Where the heck were that boys' parents?  Where were the lifeguards?  [/quote]

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