The first rule of being a rescuer, is to never become a victim/ patient. I believe in the second video that the man couldn't swim or was exhausted after the first rescue. He was afraid to go back in and help again. He thought it was too far for him. Its horrible to watch him standing there. We all know that every second counts. So it is agonizing to watch, but we need empathy. We know how to swim, and it looks like he can't. It must have taken a lot of courage to get back in there and put himself back into harms way. I truly believe he did the best that he could.
People do unexplainable things in times of big pressure. 1 time I took my daughter along w/ my best friend , wife & his 3 kids 2 a river/creek by my house. There’s a few places where it gets around 5 feet. My daughter was 6 & not a great swimmer yet. The kids were playing in a part of the deep area where they could reach. The adults were right next 2 them . My daughters rubber bracelet fell off & started flowing downstream. I told her 2 stay put ( next 2 the adults) as I went 2 retrieve it. About 50’ down the river I caught up 2 the bracelet ! When I turned around 2 walk back 2 the group , I could see my daughter had fallen in & was drowning. She was literally 5 or 6 feet from my friend , wife & kids. NONE of them jumped in to rescue her. I started running up the rocks yelling “grab her” but they were frozen in place. I actually broke my big toe running through the rocks barefoot 🦶. By the time I got to her she was submerged and had inhaled water. I pulled her out and she almost immediately threw up the water. This was about 8 years ago and I still have not gotten an apology or an explanation as to why 2 healthy adults (both whom could swim) sat there watching my daughter drowned!
I know exactly what you guys mean. I once stubbed my toe so hard it made me spit on my parrot that immediately started laughing at me. I wiped him off and apologized after but it was just a snap response. It was the most intense thing that's ever happened to me. I've been seeing a psychiatrist about it for over 30 years. I still have the parrot.
The first guy in passerby didn't look like he could actually swim, he was just kind of bobbing like he was wading deep. Second guy looked like he could actually swim.
Thats a good point, that would explain alot, and perhaps after saving the first girl he realized his swimming is bad and he will not make it to the other girl who is much further out so he turned his attention to the crowd trying to get someone that can swim to do it.
He has that side-stroke (with a lot of "-ish") down alright... BUT he's HORRIFIED at getting his nose wet... Watch his head. That's a dead give-a-way that he CAN "technically swim"... BUT he's not experienced or particularly practiced at any of it. ;o)
Yeah. It makes me so mad at the number of people who don't know how to swim. How can you go through your whole life never learning to swim. You really think you will never ever find yourself in the water??? I'm a certified life guard, and never had any intention of becoming a lifeguard. I just wanted great water skills...just in case. 100% the first guy can't "really" swim. He's afraid to put his face in.
@@penguin12902 A lot of people who don't learn how to swim honestly don't plan on ever being in any body of water larger than their bath tub. And if they do happen to end up in a situation they're likely to end up in a lake or river, they are cognizant of their lack of skill and will take extra precautions with life vests and other safety equipment to minimize the risk of drowning.
Don’t be embarrassed to ask for help, too. I once got caught in a rip. I was swimming between the flags (which in Australia is the ‘safe’ zone for swimming) and the water was only waist deep. It was a busy day at the beach so lifeguards and lifesavers were keeping an eye out. The surf wasn’t too rough, so I didn’t feel like I was in any danger. I sensed something wrong when a girl to my right started struggling to swim. A guy she was with managed to free her from the current that I was about to be caught up in. I remembered that you should swim sideways to get out of a rip, but the current was so strong that within seconds I was drifting a long way from the crowd into deep water. I felt so stupid, but I stayed calm and held up my hand to signal for help. In less than a minute, I was rescued by boat. My parents, who were in the water at the same time, didn’t even know what had happened until they saw me reach the shore. What I learned from that day is that something like this can happen to anyone, and if you are able to signal for help, than you should. Your pride is not something you should risk your life for. The ocean is so unpredictable, and it can be a challenge no matter how strong a swimmer you are. Also, be grateful to those who put their lives on line every day to keep the community safe :)
You did the right thing, and more importantly you remained calm. Panic and fear makes people drown way faster and destroy their good judgment. I knew a guy that was taken 800 meters away from the beach by that kind of current, but he remained calm and waited to be taken back close to shore while saving his strength. He knew how to react and ended up safe.
Roughest Rip I ever got caught in was about waist to chest deep out in Cali'... I was snorkeling and "farting about" for interesting stones or shells... AND then it was like "flying" only underwater... I mean... DAMN that was fast... It was fun as hell, but I also realized how fast and far I was getting... SO I headed up instead of "stick around and ride it out"... to reconnoiter what to do... AND basically headed down along the shore to get out of it... Flipped on my back and kicked in. It turned into about a 4 HOUR slog... BUT once out of the rip, it was just swimming... I wasn't particularly rattled, and decided I'd eventually get in with just regularly rolling over to look for the beach, and I didn't want to focus on how far I still had to go... JUST take my time and get back. It didn't feel (to me) so dangerous as to require the attention, energy, or help that would be better spent on someone who actually WAS having trouble... Nothing against signaling if you DO need help. Just a perspective that need vs. want can be a bit different from one to the next. Help is EXACTLY what Lifeguards are there for. If you need it, or just aren't SURE you can make the swim back on your own, SIGNAL... for f***'s sakes, SIGNAL!!! In my case, I kicked on my back for about 20 minutes and rolled over and checked... and I was closer, still going the right direction and all... and resumed what I was doing... Checked again in about half an hour and closer still... still the right direction and resumed kicking on my back... Got back in, NO problem... Tired of course... Had my fill of playing in the water for a while... but no problems. ;o)
hi yes i would only need to be caught once then i would be terrified to go back into the water , and it would be dreadful for both of us , i know i would never ever go back near the ocean , when its so peaceful and relaxing. so i read myself now , i just sit by the shore and let the water wash ,its so wonderful , i really admire you guys i truly wish i could do as you do , but no i know i cannot , but i can watch you which to me is beautiful ! thank you to everyone who brings me these videos i really enjoy them , my love liz xxx
As someone who lives in Korea, a lot of Koreans do not know how to swim. Even if they learned to swim, they may be extremely weak swimmers. It is always shocking to me to discover how many people have never learned how to swim over here. Learning to swim is a big part of American culture, and we have lots of places to do it that aren't overcrowded. The same is not true in overcrowded Asian cities. Rich or poor, it doesn't matter, large numbers do not know how to swim. I think he saved the first girl in shallow water, but was afraid to go out into deeper water after the other girl. I think the others simply can't swim. In Korea, the beaches are much less free than beaches elsewhere. They will put a line a short way out in the water and no one is allowed to go beyond it. The lifeguards do that because they know how many poor swimmers they have. Also the rocky coastline in Korea is full of dangerous rip tides. Most people at the beach will stay in shallow water or bring floating devices with them. I don't know anything about China, but I have heard that in Australia at least, Asian tourists are notorious for getting into trouble on the beach and needing rescue. In general they lack experience with the sea compared to us.
Yeah on Bondi Beach, a show on an Australian popular beach that follows the lifeguards, they have multiple episodes saving the same asian people 1-3 times in a row. They seem to not understand when the lifeguards tell them to swim between the buoys and they swim back over to the same riptide areas multiple times. It's quite scary to see them laughing when they get saved only to go back into the same deadly situation while the lifeguards struggle to keep up with it all.
Yes, I’m in Vietnam and the amount of drowning deaths, especially of children, is really high. Some schools might actually teach swimming as part of their physical education classes but this is highly dependent on whether the school has a pool or access to one. Other than that it’s usually down to parents or actual swim instructors and from what I can tell the standards aren’t great.
My friend was on a pier at a beach and an infant boy fell into the water and no one but him saw it. He even said to me that he spent a few seconds looking around to see if anyone else had seen it and was going to help. As soon as he knew he was the only one he immediately jumped in and saved the childs life. The mother of the child then slapped the child after he had been rescued.
She slapped him? Or perhaps she was just trying to get the water out of its lungs, like a sort of Heimlich maneuver type of thing (yes I’m aware that’s for choking but I could easily see someone just instinctively doing something similar)? Or slapping the baby to see if it cried? If she really just slapped the kid out of anger that’s terrible lol
My instructor actually did this during our advance open water training. However,, we were told ahead of time that at any moment during the training dives that will he shut off the valve. I was busy doing some task when he did it so I didn’t notice. I personally think it was a great learning experience.
When I was watching the second video it occurred to me that perhaps the would-be rescuer couldn’t swim, or at least not well. Reminds myself of me, I can keep my head above water, but no way could I swim out to save someone. Truthfully, if it were me the headline would be, “Rescuer Drowns Trying to Save Girl”. Just my thoughts, for what it’s worth.
German Lifeguard here with some comments on the video with the 2 little girls. I cant really see if or how many clothes this guy wears when he first enters the water, but when we first simulated a rescue situation wearing cloth in lifeguard training, I wasn't expecting the weight dragging me towards the bottom of the pool at all. It feels more like some knight-armor-thingy as soon as the material sucks up water. Most of our group did competitive swimming for years at that point and we looked more like those girls before our trainers pullewd us out again. This condition + the weight of the girls and their damp cloth easily creates a situation threatening ur own life. If u find urself in a situation like this, try to drop as many cloth as possible while making ur way towards the water and if there are people around, dont just scream for help, but directly address them. ("hey you wearing a red shirt, please call an ambulance ASAP! And you, the lady in the red bikini, please try to help the girl on the left! get her head above the water!") And Always expect the drowning person ur approaching, to panic! They will most likely try to grab you in a way, making it impossible for you to keep your own head above the water, so its perfectly fine to let them waste their remaining energy, while making sure their head is visibly above the water, before approaching them, to lower the risk of drowning for you AND them!
Wow that double drowning video is intense, and they always are. There's a really scary video of two guys taking a swim, panicking, and both drowning. Even then, they could have been playing underwater, enjoying themselves, swimming around. It's very hard to tell until you see someone floating face down in the water.
My sister was a life guard throughout high school. She was on a swim team for 6 or 7 years. After she got her lifeguard certification, the first thing she told me was that if you ever saw someone drowning or in trouble in the water, unless you had water rescue training, never go into the water after them. They can very easily drown you. You could even accidentally drown them trying to save them. If you see someone in trouble, throw them a life ring, toss them a line, use a branch or a pole but do not go into that water.
Seriously!!! He came RUNNING and did what needed to be done. Gave me so much relief seeing her out of the water. Wish we got to see the girls get saved😭
Hey, I was a lifeguard for over 10 years and I've been enjoying your videos. I just wanted to offer my own perspective on what I saw. It's pretty obvious based on the 2nd video that the chap who tried to initally resuce those girls was an extremely weak swimmer (he's doing doggypaddle as an adult). The fact he went for the second resuce is a credit to him as a human being but not something I'd advise. Being experienced divers I'm sure your both already aware that water resuces can be extremely dangerous even for people who are trained to do them and in fact we teach young swimmers in classes not to attempt them unless trained as they often simply cause 2 people to need rescuing instead of 1. The first man looked very close to being in need of help himself on his return and certainly didn't have the strength to keep the girls head above the water or even position her correctly. The 2nd guy looked like a slightly better swimmer (using breaststroke) but I doubt he's used to swimming in full clothing and in much colder water than in a pool while trying to keep a person's head above water which isn't easy. People hugely underestimate how good a swimmer you need to be to do things like that. You can also see his lack of training purely in how if you watch it carefully he tries to keep the entire body up by supporting the chid's back. So in this case he didn't know to just focus on the head. Both guys did an extremely brave thing there and that does them credit but was also extremely dangerous and could have ended much worse.
Yep. I got my lifeguard certification just to have it, never wanted to do the job, just thought it was a skilli should have. Now that I'm a Dad of 2 girls I am so glad I have it. I agree, 1st guy just isn't a swimmer. He's afraid to even put his face in the water.
100% agreed lucky they were children an adult it would have ended bad for all involved personally if I had to go in and they are waving around and fighting I am putting them to sleep till we get out.
Ya, we're all going "Go get her go get her" but we forget that not everybody can swim. And in Asian countries swimming is not really a forte. I am Japanese and I remember in primary school all the kids in the non-swimmers class were all Asian (Chinese). I was probably the only Asian kid in the upper class and that's only cos my father would go to a proper pool to swim laps and I would tag along to practise. But even so I tired easily, like I had weaker lungs to everybody else or something.
Original video content... "He immediately ran to the site to help save the children. Although Chen (1st on scene Rescuer) is unable to swim, he jumped into the water without hesitation and tried to reach the children, who were struggling to stay above the water surface."
I think that every Diver should have this stress and rescue classes, no matter if they want to become professional or not. Thanks for the video....Is an eyes opener!
I agree partly with your comment, yes, it's very beneficial to have S&R skills, however, if you aren't comfortable with your own skills as a diver, know where to find stuff on your own gear, it would be risky to attempt to help someone else because when something unexpected happens, you are in trouble and a liability. Prevention is the name of the game I'd say, get comfortable/gud -> then think of others safety. When I teach a discover scuba or assist in OW, when I see the stress or they let something of the stress ventilate I usually say; when you think it's too much, stop, think, act.
I was on the swim team all through elementary & secondary. CPR & life guard trained...strong swimmer. I, however, saved my little sister from drowning in swimming pools 2x before I was 12 years old. I know my limitations & what panicked people look like & are capable of in water. Not a diver, but I respect y'all! Snorkeling is more my speed. Forward 15 years from 12-year-old me pulling my sis out of a pool for the second time to a vacation in Cozumel. We'd been there numerous times...I went into knee to waist high water on a beach with clear "safe swim" flags up, yet got pulled out by a random current. The don't panic & just keep you're head above water, flow with the waves instantly kicked in. My bikini top got off,, but was able to grab it & hold it in my teeth, rode the waves towards shore, ended up abouta mile down from the beach I left from, walked back exhausted, but survived because I didn't panic
I need to thank you Gus and Woody. While I haven't been diving yet. I ended up getting involved with the local caving grotto. A few weeks ago Mike came to dive a sump and we carried his gear! Unfortunately had a gear malfunction with his new tanks!
The first guy in the China video didn’t know how to swim and he was very tired but decided he couldn’t watch her drown so he doggie pedaled to her. I don’t think he needs criticism on this one. He really needs a Pat on the back for risking his life because he could swim and tried anyway.
Well timed as I watched this in between chapters of the online material. Hearing you guys talk about the skills for the course has me even more excited. Can’t wait!
Thank you for inspiring me with your experience, humble and kind approach to EVERY situation thinking of it from not only your own shoes! Getting an open water cert is now a major goal, not only since I’ve been loving being in the water all my life but since you guys have really made me appreciate how learning and refining the skills is what is truly satisfying and always safe! Much love from Sweden ❤️
The Chinese guy didn't know how to swim either. You can tell he is struggling staying afloat himself. A lot of people across the world don't know how to swim.
about the second video, I live in China(im an american expat) and thats the typical response in china if someone is in trouble. they just stop and stare because they don't want to be held responsible for that person's life since the victim could hemmorrage the person who helped them for money. there's an anecdote here where they say doctors are more expensive than funerals and that was the justification for if a driver hits a person with their car, they would just run over them again to kill them to avoid paying for their doctor's bills. laws here have changed IIRC where people can't sue you for helping them but you still see this response to situations like these coupled with the phrase "mei banfa"(can't be helped) . all that being said, there are chinese people who are bonafide good samaratins but they are the exception.
I remember almost drowning in a pool as a kid, I think I've mentioned it in the comments before. So I was still a small kid and went to vacation care (which was an in-school program where they'd take care of kids during the day on school holidays). Our primary school had a nice swimming pool with this metal bar in it that went half way around to cover the shallow end. We went swimming one day and of course we had supervisors but I don't think they were observant enough, you'll see why in a bit. I went just past the metal bar to test myself a bit. Big mistake, I couldn't reach the bar, I couldn't stand up, and I couldn't keep a grip on the edge of the pool. I didn't splash around, I was busy trying to push myself back up to the surface because I had never been told what to do when I'm drowning. I tried to ask for help from the supervisor that was standing *right there* next to the pool but I couldn't get enough words out before my head would duck back underwater. I firmly believe I would've passed out had this older kid not managed to see me and dragged me back to the shallow end. I'm still upset at the supervisor to this day even though it's been over a decade since. It seemed like she was more annoyed that she thought I was playing and wasting her time. Genuinely one of the scariest things to happen to me.
Have you learned how to swim? I was hoping I'd get to the end of the story and you'd say you were an amazing swimmer now because you don't want to experience that ever again.
@@jersey282 I could swim then, I just got a little scared when I went past the bar and first slipped under. Chain reaction of me just freaking the hell out. I am not a good swimmer.
I appreciate your comment about what happened to you. It sounds so scary! Comments like yours and learning about how drowning usually isn’t some dramatic thing, along with seeing videos has made me hyper vigilant around water. Knowing that it’s not uncommon for people to drown while others around them were clueless is scary as heck.
@@WarDragon72345 That’s terrifying! Hopefully someday it will be common knowledge that drowning isn’t at all like what “we” think. I can’t imagine what drowning people in those situations felt in their last moments, as well as what the people around them feel afterwards. The guilt must be crushing. Thankfully the kid that saved you had more sense than the adults!
In the second video, the reason why most people are just standing there is because a lot of Chinese people are never taught how to swim. They couldn't help because they would also become casualties. It's not a basic skills a lot of people have the privilege of learning out East.
Not just that but they don't think the same way as 'normal' people. People get run over by cars or knocked off bikes and everyone just stands there and stares, there are plenty examples of this if you want to do a search.
Really, it's safe to say there are three beach currents. Undertow current wasn't mentioned. This occurs close to shore or on a sandbar, rock ledge, etc. Waves bring water in, it needs to balance out again by seeking deeper water. This is what pulls people standing in waist deep water out into deeper water. This current subsides when it reaches deeper water, but as a swimmer reaches shallow water again, the undertow will likely still be present at that spot. This makes it appear the swimmer will reach safety, but in reality, they're possibly trapped in this cycle of water continuously washing them back off the shallows. As a surfer in Florida where rip currents are always present if the waves are above 3 feet or so, we'd look for them and use the outward flow to make the paddle out easier. Longshore current was usually only a nuisance (the walk back to the car is longer) unless there's an object like pier or rock jetties nearby. If any of these cutrents are causing you problems and you become exhausted, just float on your back. A person could probably float their back for days. Best, if conditions are rough, leave the ocean to the experienced people and enjoy the surfing demonstration from the beach.
The TOP priority (instead of fighting any current) is to get to the surface again, which (usually) isn't a huge ordeal... from there, at least in sea-water, it's generally not too difficult to swim in circles with a side-stroke (or even doggy-paddle), or just tread water (as long as you've got the training) and RECONNOITER about what to do... As you say, a person can float on their back, just bicycle kicking lazily to motivate, for days on end... It's inconvenient as hell for hiking back to the car/bungalo/home... BUT it can be done if necessary. Reconnoiter on where you can find little kids having no trouble... THAT is probably an easy egress point... so try for there... OR just steadily work at getting toward the beach about anywhere you physically can... you can rest up again once you're out... Undertow is probably the most instantly alarming, as it's the most violent and immediate yank downward, I've ever dealt with... Even Rip currents only pull you out, but as the name suggests, Undertow feels like it's hauling you under... However, once you realize it goes away at "deep water", it's no longer all that scary. You just have to have faith... Longshore currents... yeah, just a nuisance for how much longer it takes to get back to your stuff, car, etc... SO LONG as you don't exhaust yourself trying to fight with it. Don't get in a fight with the ocean. There's a WHOLE G** D*** LOT MORE OF IT than there is of little old you. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 Well said. The problem with all of these currents are primarily found in the mind; they have the potential to cause panic. Undertow pulls to deep water. Rip current pulls out to sea. Longshore, is mostly a nuisance, unless it's pulling into a deep channel or toward rocks, etc. Rips will always be the most dangerous and most easily panic inducing. Also if you combine the three, a drowning is likely. If all three are present, no one should be swimming anyhow, but people will be people...so there's that. The biggest thing is, like you said, reconnoiter. Before you go in the water, and while in the water. Keep your head in the game because muscles and endurance have limits, and lungs do not work when filled with water. *Thinking further, there are also two other currents worth mentioning: There is the eddy, or whirlpool. Pretty rare, but can form near something like a rock outcrop if a longshore current is present. And tidal changes deserve mention. Rip currents in particular will be worse on an outgoing tide. The water during outgoing tide will naturally be flowing out which serves to amplify rip currents, whereas an incoming tide dampens rip currents.
I normally watch you because your videos are entertaining and informative, but you guys are helping society by making these kinds of videos. I wish I lived closer to Florida I'd come to your rescue class if nothing else to meet you.
Gus you've lost so much weight! So happy for you!! Its been a year since this video was posted and seeing you in the last video you posted (Jan 2024) shocked me! Good for you bud!!
I do like how the instructor actually disguised the fact that he wanted the diver to pay attention to their computer by telling them to follow a bearing.
For the girls drowning in China, I believe that the other person's comment is correct, from my memory of a news story on it the first guy who jumped in didn't really know how to swim but he went in anyway! That's why he was pointing to the second girl trying to get someone who could swim better to go get her.
Very helpful video. I wanted to add that anybody who was drowning, even if they were still conscious or did not need any resuscitation, still needs to go to the hospital to prevent secondary drowning. They are still at risk hours up to 1 or 2 days after the drowning event of dying, especially children, even if they walked away from the accident.
That was harder to watch than I thought it would be. I have put myself in danger many times to prevent violence or other dangerous situations vulnerable people get themselves in and this just broke my heart. Teach your children as early as possible to relax and float on water.
Yes!! So glad you all uploaded. I saw you all streaming before I left for class and was very disappointed I wouldn’t be able to watch. ❤️❤️❤️ Hopefully next time!
I went through a life saving course when I was young and they pounded into us that saving a drowning person is incredibly dangerous for yourself. If they are conscious and panicked they may drown you also. We were taught to literally be ready to try to knock them out if you have to if they start climbing on you and dragging you under. Even trying to drag an unconscious person is difficult
That video with the aussie telling shanay to hold the camera then running off to save the day with that glorious mullet, that makes me proud to be Australian.
I'm not a diver, but it has always interests me and I always watch your guys content. It's amazing to see your channel grow as fast as it is, but that no surprise. You guys are awesome 👌 👏 👍 keep up the great work. 👍
Thanks for all your interesting, informative, and captivating videos. Thanks also for making me smile with the wearing of extraordinary hats! Love from 🇬🇧
Please do another class next year !! I won't be able to attend. I've been a beach guard for 4 years and I love learning new techniques, especially on the diving side of things.
The rescuer on the beach, 3rd video, what stud! Like Gus said, probably a veteran surfer or lifeguard, because he read read the situation well, countering the current by racing ahead of it. He ran out there like there was no way that lady wasn't getting saved by him. What boss!
Yaaayyy I literally just walked in the door after a big week of work and then just scrolling through yt and see you guys have a new vid I'm like 😃😲😊 so happy 😁
Great video, as always, and a huge thanks! I especially appreciate this one. From my first time to visit as an 11 year old, I fell in love with the ocean/beach. As I became an adult having heard stories about rip currents and people needlessly drowning in them (I say needlessly, because as Woody stated, you can get out easily, people who don’t know and try swimming against will never win that battle) safety in the water became a priority. A couple of years back, I went to Gulf Shores. Beforehand, I was connected with a group who puts on these ocean safety events, and I went, because you never can learn too much about it! When Woody started talking about rips, I was hoping how to survive them would be included, so I appreciate that it was! This might sound kinda crazy, but on a day with pretty good rips, they gave anyone who wanted to go out and get in one (after learning what to do in them) and no one was forced, obviously. They did have multiple lifeguards on standby, safety precaution. I did it. It’s intense even when understanding how they work/what to do, but as Woody said, I swam parallel to get out (another option they mentioned is letting it carry you out, like a lazy river, then just swimming back in). While I was in it, I can’t imagine how scary it would be for someone who doesn’t have a clue as to what’s going on, and the panic that would set in! That’s just a huge recipe for disaster. Woody, I’m very sorry about your friend, and for your loss, too.I pray for comfort for his family, you, and that when any of you think of him, that you’re able to smile, remembering the good times together, and friendship. Last, regarding the class. Man! I wish so bad I could drive to Florida for that! It’s been a while since I’ve been to Florida. I’ve actually been wanting to get back there, and if there’s ever another one y’all do, and I can find out in plenty of time, that would be a great reason!
Passerby: As was stated it's easy to armchair coach a scenario that's already occurred. Of course no one wants to just watch someone die, but if trying to save them compromises your own life then it's acceptable to respect their decision to not enter the water, fire, or whatever. The first rescuer didn't appear to be a great swimmer and his energy seemed to be exerted rather quickly. A weak swimmer who's tired going after another victim who may panic and kill them both.... I'm sorry but I can understand the hesitation. Thankfully everyone survived, but in those moments when it's happening no one can say for sure what they would've done. Also we have to learn to not assume everyone has the same common knowledge. Or if they do know something in the midget of a panic situation it goes right out of the window. I'm an excellent swimmer so I probably would've dived right in for the girls. Although I know they should be turned face up, my mind probably would've been more on just getting them out of the water to be honest. Or at least close enough for the other people to pull them out. What the surfer did, I wouldn't have even attempted. Kudos to him he was amazing, but I know my limitations. Swimming leisurely is one thing, but to do so while rescuing someone in the ocean under those conditions is another can of worms. Surely I would've helped in any way I could that was safe. Rescue breathing, calling for help, or directing emergency services to the victim etc. But I'm also from Florida, if never be anywhere near the beaches with that surf. At 50 I've lost count years ago of how many drowned bodies I've seen pulled from the ocean, lakes and rivers. Sadly it's no longer a shock, just something that occurs like the sun rising everyday. I know so many people that love to run to the ocean when hurricanes are approaching and the news pleads for people to not go near the beaches and warns no emergency workers will be present. Some people just can't be deterred and logic goes out of the window. Everyone is invincible these days lol.
Speaking of classes and training, could you guys do a video on what it costs to get into diving? Maybe how much it costs to take beginner courses, rent the gear you need, what it costs to buy your own starter kit? For those of us non-divers who love your channel 😁
prices can vary from shop to shop. my advice would be to find and hit up a dive shop in your local area and ask these questions. from my experience dive shop workers are always happy to welcome new divers and tell them all about the new underwater world they will be experiencing. plus, you might get to meet the people who will train you.
To start off to anyone who is willing to risk their life to save aomeone else then u deserve the utmost respect. The guy in the 2nd video while he may not have done everything perfectly was still doing more than just standing there watching that poor child fight to live. That being said not everyone is a quiet drowner, I have come close 2 drowning on more occasions than I care to admit and everytime while I was conscious of what I was doin and not 100% panicked (definitely a lil tho) I was still making as much noise as I could, screaming when I could get to the surface for a breath, splashing as loudly as possible. Luckily I learned early that when your feet hit bottom, jump as hard I could to get back up to take a breath befor I figured out swimming
Last one is amazing. I watch a show called "Bindi Beach" they really drill into the viewer.. how to spot, an attempted to stay calm an do exactly what you said parallel to shore... I am grateful for the lessons an advice. An upcoming classes... ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Rescue Diver was the most valuable course I took. A girl in our travelling group jumped into a river and quickly got into trouble, fortunately I knew the technique to rescue a panicked diver so I jumped in, rolled her over face up and got under her, swam her back to the bank on our backs and everyone grabbed us. Was a very scary moment. She didn't even say thank you! I think she was a bit embarrassed to be fair.
Was Mike & Tyler (his sister backing him up) Wright, both Aussie pro surfers involved in that end rescue you featured-very experienced water people, & all round amazing humans!!
Oh my goodness. When you said the next clip is tough to watch I didn’t think it really would for me because I’m not sensitive to stuff. I didn’t know it was kids dang it. That one was tough
I lived some years in China, while back here in Europe you’d be in trouble for failing to aid a person in distress, in China it is the contrary, people don’t get in trouble if they don’t come to rescue, but if they do come to aid a person in distress they are 100% sure of getting themselves in deep trouble. There are often those kind of stories in Chinese news, I do remember of a young student who helped an elderly woman who had an heart attack In the streets, the student gave cpr and called the ambulance, the woman died, he was found guilty of having killed the woman by doing cpr ( even thought medics prove that the woman was already dead before he started cpr and that his actions could have only saved her) and on top of it he had to pay for ambulance and hospital bills as he made the phone call, he had to pay a huge amount of money to the woman’s family and ended up in prison. So for Chinese people the moral of the story is: don’t care about the others it will only bring you trouble. On top of that, very few people know how to swim in China, mostly elderly people, the majority of Chinese people dont know how to swim.
I can't imagine even contemplating those consequences if I was in that position...I'll be in jail with a smile on my face knowing that I saved two lives, and I would hope that those girls do something in life that helps many many more people...I rather do that than spend the rest of my life knowing I could've saved them but I didn't because I was worried about legal troubles.
Don't know if this is true, but maybe you know. I have heard in a lot of Asian countries they deliberately don't learn to swim believing that it's safer not to learn. Because if they learn to swim, then they will be more likely to drown while swimming... so they don't learn or go near water at all.
oh my that second video i thought i was watching two little girls drown, thanks Gus for telling me they survived.. I had to perform a rescue on a random snorkeler whilst I was doing a guide with a unrelated party.. managed to get him on shore but later died in hospital.. not a single person helped with cpr but rather got phones out instead. Divers know the dangers and I'm with you when you say immediately jump in and get their heads up. I believe it should be taught in schools basic cpr and water rescue.
I want a reaction video for the movie "The Deep House" because it's important to train a 3 minute breath hold by yourself in a hotel bathtub for your SCUBA diving trip just in case you need to ascend from a 1 hour dive at 130 feet in a haunted house with a single cylinder.
Rips are everywhere in Australia, they're gnarly. I completely understand people who aren't particularly aware of them finding themselves in big trouble. They take you a long way out too and if you're like me, being more than just 5 meters from land is a horrifying thought, let alone an kilometer. I was once swimming between the flags, which is the safe swimming area set by lifeguards, and I still got slowly pulled over and eventually started to get sucked out. Thankfully I grew up in and around the ocean so I recognised very quickly what was happening so it was very easy to escape it. Water safety is, in my opinion, one of the most important life lessons.
I can remember the first time my mask got ripped off and cold lake water hit my face. It was shocking. Training is key. Stayed at Indian Shores for my honeymoon, I could not believe how warm the gulf water was. Growing up in WI and then experiencing warm water like that was a mind f^($
I really wish I could join the stress and rescue course this time around, seeing situations like these just drive the importance home. I kind of wish that schools worldwide taught basic self rescue techniques and swimming so those little girls wouldn't have been so helpless
I had three near drowning experiences in the same river. The first time I was around 4 or 5. I slipped off this slab of rock and after what seemed like forever and a lot of screaming some lady saved me. The other two I was 17 and I got caught in a current. One tried to trap me under a bridge ( it was like sucking me under and the river floor was that far from the bottom of the bridge, a small gap if you will) and the other just kept dragging me, my boyfriend at the time saved me from the bridge and with the other, I managed to grab on to big rocks and pull my self out of the strong current . Even though I nearly died three times in that river, I still wanna go back. The Grand Valley River is beautiful
One thing I've learned in my first reponder training is, to NOT check for a pulse, but to start mouth to mouth and chest compressions immediatelly. Because feeling the pulse can be difficult on a person you just got out of the water and you don't want to waste any time. Another person can check after you started.
12:34 here when there almost on land but he keep hold of her and looks back for waves and then bear hugs and lifts her to lessen the blow from the wave is amazing 1. for him holding her so that she doesn't get sweept back into the current and ocean and always hold the victim till out of the water having to go back in due to a wave taking her back in is rough 2. so the wave wont hurt as bad he took the brunt and with her in the air getting hit should hurt less I think. Very Brave and smart man here and he is a hero the current is scary especially since it the ocean but water in general that something that if you don't know what to do you may make it worse but if no one else around you may have to try!
I think that there is a lot to say on the second clip. First, although it looks like she doesn't know how to swim, the kid with the white shirt, jumped into the water trying to save the other kid. That is admirable. Second, the kid with the red shirt, although it looks like she doesn't know how to swim, she gets flat in the water trying to flot. That is survival instincts. But above all, the rescuer, although it looks like he doesn't know how to swim, he jumps in the water and trying to save two kids drowning. He is definitely not panicking, he is scared because he is trying to save two kids drowning when he, himself doesn't know how to swim. I had to jump in a floated river once to save an old couple that were trapped in a vehicle and at least 2 other persons that knew how swim decided to record a video instead of help.
For the guy saving the girls .. after he got the first one and is just bobbing there is it possible that he may be having a hard time with the temperature of the water.. I’ve been in cold enough water that my legs and arms felt like they took way more effort to use and I got tired QUICKLY .. so glad they were ok though that one had my heart just breaking
Then he would've gotten out...if the water is cold you want to do what you need to do and get out as quick as possible...I don't think that water was cold.
I must comment on the chinese video. First of all, very few chinese people can swim. Second, whenever there is an accident in china, people usually don't help, because they are scared of going to prison if they get involved into anything like that. It is very disturbing, but it's all because of the ccp, not chinese people.
I truly think I would be more prepared now than I ever was growing up as a swim team and water polo kid on how to help a drown victim from watching these videos.
The second vid the guy done the best he could with the his own abilities to swim. it is really clear he is not a swimmer and tried his hardest to safe them knowing it could be the death of him.
Looking at the second clip in the video makes me think of two things. Luckily it all turned out OK. 1. The bystander effect, they all know they need to jump into the water and rescue but everyone is waiting for each other to do it. 2. Learning to swim isn't always common everywhere in the world, i'm thinking many of them might not know how to swim.
Just my thoughts as well. People do often just stand and become onlookers to an accident instead of participants in a rescue. I have been a lifeguard both at a public pool and at the coast (in Denmark, it's a country of many islands). It can be frustrating, if you are the one performing a rescue. We do have strong currents here as well, but a good system of flags to indicate it, most people do respect them, but unfortunately not always, which does result in drownings each year, although a lot of the drownings are in the winter, where people fall in the harbor, where temperatures easily are near freezing point of saltwater, that doesn't give people much time for a rescue, situation being worsened by alcohol's tendency to let blood vessels be relaxed and transfer more heat.
@@tatepearce7898 In my experience it's not that, as 90%+ knows how to swim here (education in school), and most have first aid course from taking a drivers license, but when a flock of people see an accident (car crash, fall or drowning) there is just this tendency to become onlookers, it is something to beware of. The more people there are, the higher risk there is for this to happen.
I mean I saw the quick back and forth out of air motion. Also you can see the instructors octo hanging behind his back. I'm assuming when she gave the out of air signal she had already been searching for his secondary air(which is hanging behind his back) couldn't find it and bolted.
The first rule of being a rescuer, is to never become a victim/ patient. I believe in the second video that the man couldn't swim or was exhausted after the first rescue. He was afraid to go back in and help again. He thought it was too far for him. Its horrible to watch him standing there. We all know that every second counts. So it is agonizing to watch, but we need empathy. We know how to swim, and it looks like he can't. It must have taken a lot of courage to get back in there and put himself back into harms way. I truly believe he did the best that he could.
People do unexplainable things in times of big pressure. 1 time I took my daughter along w/ my best friend , wife & his 3 kids 2 a river/creek by my house. There’s a few places where it gets around 5 feet. My daughter was 6 & not a great swimmer yet. The kids were playing in a part of the deep area where they could reach. The adults were right next 2 them . My daughters rubber bracelet fell off & started flowing downstream. I told her 2 stay put ( next 2 the adults) as I went 2 retrieve it. About 50’ down the river I caught up 2 the bracelet ! When I turned around 2 walk back 2 the group , I could see my daughter had fallen in & was drowning. She was literally 5 or 6 feet from my friend , wife & kids. NONE of them jumped in to rescue her. I started running up the rocks yelling “grab her” but they were frozen in place. I actually broke my big toe running through the rocks barefoot 🦶. By the time I got to her she was submerged and had inhaled water. I pulled her out and she almost immediately threw up the water. This was about 8 years ago and I still have not gotten an apology or an explanation as to why 2 healthy adults (both whom could swim) sat there watching my daughter drowned!
100% agree. You nailed it.
I know exactly what you guys mean. I once stubbed my toe so hard it made me spit on my parrot that immediately started laughing at me. I wiped him off and apologized after but it was just a snap response. It was the most intense thing that's ever happened to me. I've been seeing a psychiatrist about it for over 30 years. I still have the parrot.
@@dwmueller76 That's terrible. They wouldn't be my friends anymore. Or at the very least I wouldn't trust them around my kids anymore.
They both survived. Would be easier to assign fault if it worked out otherwise.
The first guy in passerby didn't look like he could actually swim, he was just kind of bobbing like he was wading deep. Second guy looked like he could actually swim.
Thats a good point, that would explain alot, and perhaps after saving the first girl he realized his swimming is bad and he will not make it to the other girl who is much further out so he turned his attention to the crowd trying to get someone that can swim to do it.
He has that side-stroke (with a lot of "-ish") down alright... BUT he's HORRIFIED at getting his nose wet... Watch his head.
That's a dead give-a-way that he CAN "technically swim"... BUT he's not experienced or particularly practiced at any of it. ;o)
According to the original video, he can't swim.
Yeah. It makes me so mad at the number of people who don't know how to swim. How can you go through your whole life never learning to swim. You really think you will never ever find yourself in the water??? I'm a certified life guard, and never had any intention of becoming a lifeguard. I just wanted great water skills...just in case. 100% the first guy can't "really" swim. He's afraid to put his face in.
@@penguin12902 A lot of people who don't learn how to swim honestly don't plan on ever being in any body of water larger than their bath tub. And if they do happen to end up in a situation they're likely to end up in a lake or river, they are cognizant of their lack of skill and will take extra precautions with life vests and other safety equipment to minimize the risk of drowning.
Don’t be embarrassed to ask for help, too. I once got caught in a rip. I was swimming between the flags (which in Australia is the ‘safe’ zone for swimming) and the water was only waist deep. It was a busy day at the beach so lifeguards and lifesavers were keeping an eye out. The surf wasn’t too rough, so I didn’t feel like I was in any danger. I sensed something wrong when a girl to my right started struggling to swim. A guy she was with managed to free her from the current that I was about to be caught up in. I remembered that you should swim sideways to get out of a rip, but the current was so strong that within seconds I was drifting a long way from the crowd into deep water. I felt so stupid, but I stayed calm and held up my hand to signal for help. In less than a minute, I was rescued by boat. My parents, who were in the water at the same time, didn’t even know what had happened until they saw me reach the shore.
What I learned from that day is that something like this can happen to anyone, and if you are able to signal for help, than you should. Your pride is not something you should risk your life for. The ocean is so unpredictable, and it can be a challenge no matter how strong a swimmer you are. Also, be grateful to those who put their lives on line every day to keep the community safe :)
You did the right thing, and more importantly you remained calm. Panic and fear makes people drown way faster and destroy their good judgment. I knew a guy that was taken 800 meters away from the beach by that kind of current, but he remained calm and waited to be taken back close to shore while saving his strength. He knew how to react and ended up safe.
@@eddieguyvh4765 I’m glad that they made it back safe! It was the best decision I could have made that day because it saved my life.
My oath mate! No one is stronger than the ocean!
Roughest Rip I ever got caught in was about waist to chest deep out in Cali'... I was snorkeling and "farting about" for interesting stones or shells... AND then it was like "flying" only underwater... I mean... DAMN that was fast... It was fun as hell, but I also realized how fast and far I was getting... SO I headed up instead of "stick around and ride it out"... to reconnoiter what to do... AND basically headed down along the shore to get out of it... Flipped on my back and kicked in. It turned into about a 4 HOUR slog... BUT once out of the rip, it was just swimming... I wasn't particularly rattled, and decided I'd eventually get in with just regularly rolling over to look for the beach, and I didn't want to focus on how far I still had to go... JUST take my time and get back. It didn't feel (to me) so dangerous as to require the attention, energy, or help that would be better spent on someone who actually WAS having trouble...
Nothing against signaling if you DO need help. Just a perspective that need vs. want can be a bit different from one to the next.
Help is EXACTLY what Lifeguards are there for. If you need it, or just aren't SURE you can make the swim back on your own, SIGNAL... for f***'s sakes, SIGNAL!!!
In my case, I kicked on my back for about 20 minutes and rolled over and checked... and I was closer, still going the right direction and all... and resumed what I was doing... Checked again in about half an hour and closer still... still the right direction and resumed kicking on my back... Got back in, NO problem... Tired of course... Had my fill of playing in the water for a while... but no problems. ;o)
hi yes i would only need to be caught once then i would be terrified to go back into the water , and it would be dreadful for both of us , i know i would never ever go back near the ocean , when its so peaceful and relaxing. so i read myself now , i just sit by the shore and let the water wash ,its so wonderful , i really admire you guys i truly wish i could do as you do , but no i know i cannot , but i can watch you which to me is beautiful !
thank you to everyone who brings me these videos i really enjoy them , my love liz xxx
As someone who lives in Korea, a lot of Koreans do not know how to swim. Even if they learned to swim, they may be extremely weak swimmers. It is always shocking to me to discover how many people have never learned how to swim over here.
Learning to swim is a big part of American culture, and we have lots of places to do it that aren't overcrowded. The same is not true in overcrowded Asian cities. Rich or poor, it doesn't matter, large numbers do not know how to swim.
I think he saved the first girl in shallow water, but was afraid to go out into deeper water after the other girl. I think the others simply can't swim.
In Korea, the beaches are much less free than beaches elsewhere. They will put a line a short way out in the water and no one is allowed to go beyond it. The lifeguards do that because they know how many poor swimmers they have. Also the rocky coastline in Korea is full of dangerous rip tides. Most people at the beach will stay in shallow water or bring floating devices with them.
I don't know anything about China, but I have heard that in Australia at least, Asian tourists are notorious for getting into trouble on the beach and needing rescue. In general they lack experience with the sea compared to us.
just watch any beach video in China, it's fill with people with rubber ring, they don't know how to swim ...
Mind boggling people don't know how to swim. It's a basic human survival skill.
Yeah on Bondi Beach, a show on an Australian popular beach that follows the lifeguards, they have multiple episodes saving the same asian people 1-3 times in a row.
They seem to not understand when the lifeguards tell them to swim between the buoys and they swim back over to the same riptide areas multiple times.
It's quite scary to see them laughing when they get saved only to go back into the same deadly situation while the lifeguards struggle to keep up with it all.
Yes, I’m in Vietnam and the amount of drowning deaths, especially of children, is really high. Some schools might actually teach swimming as part of their physical education classes but this is highly dependent on whether the school has a pool or access to one.
Other than that it’s usually down to parents or actual swim instructors and from what I can tell the standards aren’t great.
99% of Chinese people do not know how to swim
My friend was on a pier at a beach and an infant boy fell into the water and no one but him saw it. He even said to me that he spent a few seconds looking around to see if anyone else had seen it and was going to help.
As soon as he knew he was the only one he immediately jumped in and saved the childs life.
The mother of the child then slapped the child after he had been rescued.
wow what a shite Mom
Somebody needed to slap that useless mother.
She slapped him? Or perhaps she was just trying to get the water out of its lungs, like a sort of Heimlich maneuver type of thing (yes I’m aware that’s for choking but I could easily see someone just instinctively doing something similar)? Or slapping the baby to see if it cried? If she really just slapped the kid out of anger that’s terrible lol
@@katamine11slapped out of anger. It’s very common lol
@@nickkerr5714 slapping an infant is hardly common.
My instructor actually did this during our advance open water training. However,, we were told ahead of time that at any moment during the training dives that will he shut off the valve. I was busy doing some task when he did it so I didn’t notice. I personally think it was a great learning experience.
When I was watching the second video it occurred to me that perhaps the would-be rescuer couldn’t swim, or at least not well. Reminds myself of me, I can keep my head above water, but no way could I swim out to save someone. Truthfully, if it were me the headline would be, “Rescuer Drowns Trying to Save Girl”. Just my thoughts, for what it’s worth.
You’re most likely correct, not knowing how to swim is very common in many parts of Asia
I was wondering the same thing. I think he was trying to get someone else to go get her but no one would
shout out to the girl who ran after the surfer and was calling out instructions on the beach! what a team effort
That was his sister, Tyler. World champ surfer.
That guy at the end did amazing job. I amazed at how he grabbed her when the wave was coming and jumped up and held onto her.
They put a heart on my comment now I can’t fix the the typos 😂.
German Lifeguard here with some comments on the video with the 2 little girls. I cant really see if or how many clothes this guy wears when he first enters the water, but when we first simulated a rescue situation wearing cloth in lifeguard training, I wasn't expecting the weight dragging me towards the bottom of the pool at all. It feels more like some knight-armor-thingy as soon as the material sucks up water. Most of our group did competitive swimming for years at that point and we looked more like those girls before our trainers pullewd us out again. This condition + the weight of the girls and their damp cloth easily creates a situation threatening ur own life. If u find urself in a situation like this, try to drop as many cloth as possible while making ur way towards the water and if there are people around, dont just scream for help, but directly address them. ("hey you wearing a red shirt, please call an ambulance ASAP! And you, the lady in the red bikini, please try to help the girl on the left! get her head above the water!") And Always expect the drowning person ur approaching, to panic! They will most likely try to grab you in a way, making it impossible for you to keep your own head above the water, so its perfectly fine to let them waste their remaining energy, while making sure their head is visibly above the water, before approaching them, to lower the risk of drowning for you AND them!
Wow that double drowning video is intense, and they always are. There's a really scary video of two guys taking a swim, panicking, and both drowning. Even then, they could have been playing underwater, enjoying themselves, swimming around. It's very hard to tell until you see someone floating face down in the water.
My sister was a life guard throughout high school. She was on a swim team for 6 or 7 years. After she got her lifeguard certification, the first thing she told me was that if you ever saw someone drowning or in trouble in the water, unless you had water rescue training, never go into the water after them. They can very easily drown you. You could even accidentally drown them trying to save them. If you see someone in trouble, throw them a life ring, toss them a line, use a branch or a pole but do not go into that water.
there is a way to get away from drowning panicking people. you dive deep down. they will let go of you and you can dive away to safety.
That last guy is a boss. What a legend.
Seriously!!! He came RUNNING and did what needed to be done.
Gave me so much relief seeing her out of the water.
Wish we got to see the girls get saved😭
Hey, I was a lifeguard for over 10 years and I've been enjoying your videos. I just wanted to offer my own perspective on what I saw.
It's pretty obvious based on the 2nd video that the chap who tried to initally resuce those girls was an extremely weak swimmer (he's doing doggypaddle as an adult). The fact he went for the second resuce is a credit to him as a human being but not something I'd advise. Being experienced divers I'm sure your both already aware that water resuces can be extremely dangerous even for people who are trained to do them and in fact we teach young swimmers in classes not to attempt them unless trained as they often simply cause 2 people to need rescuing instead of 1.
The first man looked very close to being in need of help himself on his return and certainly didn't have the strength to keep the girls head above the water or even position her correctly. The 2nd guy looked like a slightly better swimmer (using breaststroke) but I doubt he's used to swimming in full clothing and in much colder water than in a pool while trying to keep a person's head above water which isn't easy. People hugely underestimate how good a swimmer you need to be to do things like that.
You can also see his lack of training purely in how if you watch it carefully he tries to keep the entire body up by supporting the chid's back. So in this case he didn't know to just focus on the head.
Both guys did an extremely brave thing there and that does them credit but was also extremely dangerous and could have ended much worse.
Yep. I got my lifeguard certification just to have it, never wanted to do the job, just thought it was a skilli should have. Now that I'm a Dad of 2 girls I am so glad I have it. I agree, 1st guy just isn't a swimmer. He's afraid to even put his face in the water.
You are 100% correct most Chinese can't swim they have an extremely high drowning rate.
This has to be one of the best TH-cam comments I have ever read.
100% agreed lucky they were children an adult it would have ended bad for all involved personally if I had to go in and they are waving around and fighting I am putting them to sleep till we get out.
Ya, we're all going "Go get her go get her" but we forget that not everybody can swim. And in Asian countries swimming is not really a forte. I am Japanese and I remember in primary school all the kids in the non-swimmers class were all Asian (Chinese). I was probably the only Asian kid in the upper class and that's only cos my father would go to a proper pool to swim laps and I would tag along to practise. But even so I tired easily, like I had weaker lungs to everybody else or something.
Made me tear up immediately. The impotence of not being able to jump through the screen brothered me so much.
Original video content... "He immediately ran to the site to help save the children. Although Chen (1st on scene Rescuer) is unable to swim, he jumped into the water without hesitation and tried to reach the children, who were struggling to stay above the water surface."
I think that every Diver should have this stress and rescue classes, no matter if they want to become professional or not. Thanks for the video....Is an eyes opener!
I agree partly with your comment, yes, it's very beneficial to have S&R skills, however, if you aren't comfortable with your own skills as a diver, know where to find stuff on your own gear, it would be risky to attempt to help someone else because when something unexpected happens, you are in trouble and a liability. Prevention is the name of the game I'd say, get comfortable/gud -> then think of others safety. When I teach a discover scuba or assist in OW, when I see the stress or they let something of the stress ventilate I usually say; when you think it's too much, stop, think, act.
Every novice diver is taught what to do if they are out of air (they just don’t turn the tanks off underwater at entry level)
I was on the swim team all through elementary & secondary. CPR & life guard trained...strong swimmer. I, however, saved my little sister from drowning in swimming pools 2x before I was 12 years old. I know my limitations & what panicked people look like & are capable of in water. Not a diver, but I respect y'all! Snorkeling is more my speed. Forward 15 years from 12-year-old me pulling my sis out of a pool for the second time to a vacation in Cozumel. We'd been there numerous times...I went into knee to waist high water on a beach with clear "safe swim" flags up, yet got pulled out by a random current. The don't panic & just keep you're head above water, flow with the waves instantly kicked in. My bikini top got off,, but was able to grab it & hold it in my teeth, rode the waves towards shore, ended up abouta mile down from the beach I left from, walked back exhausted, but survived because I didn't panic
You should learn to dive, BIG HINT, diving is actually EASIER than swimming.
I need to thank you Gus and Woody. While I haven't been diving yet. I ended up getting involved with the local caving grotto. A few weeks ago Mike came to dive a sump and we carried his gear! Unfortunately had a gear malfunction with his new tanks!
These are such good lifesaving skills to have. Hard to watch but necessary. Things can happen in an instant.
The first guy in the China video didn’t know how to swim and he was very tired but decided he couldn’t watch her drown so he doggie pedaled to her. I don’t think he needs criticism on this one. He really needs a Pat on the back for risking his life because he could swim and tried anyway.
Well timed as I watched this in between chapters of the online material. Hearing you guys talk about the skills for the course has me even more excited. Can’t wait!
Thank you for inspiring me with your experience, humble and kind approach to EVERY situation thinking of it from not only your own shoes! Getting an open water cert is now a major goal, not only since I’ve been loving being in the water all my life but since you guys have really made me appreciate how learning and refining the skills is what is truly satisfying and always safe! Much love from Sweden ❤️
what a hero in that last video! absolute legend!
The Chinese guy didn't know how to swim either. You can tell he is struggling staying afloat himself. A lot of people across the world don't know how to swim.
Exactly what I was thinking, he was really struggling and risking his life.
And the other 28 people on land watching? None of them can swim? Lives are worthless in china it seems.
That man was a hero saved 2 lives, not the prettiest but he succeeded 👍🏽
about the second video, I live in China(im an american expat) and thats the typical response in china if someone is in trouble. they just stop and stare because they don't want to be held responsible for that person's life since the victim could hemmorrage the person who helped them for money. there's an anecdote here where they say doctors are more expensive than funerals and that was the justification for if a driver hits a person with their car, they would just run over them again to kill them to avoid paying for their doctor's bills. laws here have changed IIRC where people can't sue you for helping them but you still see this response to situations like these coupled with the phrase "mei banfa"(can't be helped) . all that being said, there are chinese people who are bonafide good samaratins but they are the exception.
Always a good time before work when i have so many dive talk videos to catch up one while i drink my coffee, Thank you for the content guys.
I remember almost drowning in a pool as a kid, I think I've mentioned it in the comments before.
So I was still a small kid and went to vacation care (which was an in-school program where they'd take care of kids during the day on school holidays). Our primary school had a nice swimming pool with this metal bar in it that went half way around to cover the shallow end.
We went swimming one day and of course we had supervisors but I don't think they were observant enough, you'll see why in a bit.
I went just past the metal bar to test myself a bit. Big mistake, I couldn't reach the bar, I couldn't stand up, and I couldn't keep a grip on the edge of the pool.
I didn't splash around, I was busy trying to push myself back up to the surface because I had never been told what to do when I'm drowning.
I tried to ask for help from the supervisor that was standing *right there* next to the pool but I couldn't get enough words out before my head would duck back underwater.
I firmly believe I would've passed out had this older kid not managed to see me and dragged me back to the shallow end.
I'm still upset at the supervisor to this day even though it's been over a decade since. It seemed like she was more annoyed that she thought I was playing and wasting her time.
Genuinely one of the scariest things to happen to me.
Have you learned how to swim? I was hoping I'd get to the end of the story and you'd say you were an amazing swimmer now because you don't want to experience that ever again.
@@jersey282 I could swim then, I just got a little scared when I went past the bar and first slipped under. Chain reaction of me just freaking the hell out.
I am not a good swimmer.
I appreciate your comment about what happened to you. It sounds so scary! Comments like yours and learning about how drowning usually isn’t some dramatic thing, along with seeing videos has made me hyper vigilant around water. Knowing that it’s not uncommon for people to drown while others around them were clueless is scary as heck.
@@samuraitoaster Not one person had a clue what was going on except me and the kid that saved me. Wish I knew his name.
@@WarDragon72345 That’s terrifying! Hopefully someday it will be common knowledge that drowning isn’t at all like what “we” think. I can’t imagine what drowning people in those situations felt in their last moments, as well as what the people around them feel afterwards. The guilt must be crushing. Thankfully the kid that saved you had more sense than the adults!
In the second video, the reason why most people are just standing there is because a lot of Chinese people are never taught how to swim. They couldn't help because they would also become casualties. It's not a basic skills a lot of people have the privilege of learning out East.
Not just that but they don't think the same way as 'normal' people. People get run over by cars or knocked off bikes and everyone just stands there and stares, there are plenty examples of this if you want to do a search.
@@justthink5597 That happens everywhere. Have you been to LA or New York? They'd just livestream it.
@@justthink5597 what the f do you mean by “normal people” seems pretty racist to me. Idiot.
I have never been diving in my entire life, BUT I love your channel!!! So fun to watch! I can't imagine having to do these rescues!
Really, it's safe to say there are three beach currents.
Undertow current wasn't mentioned. This occurs close to shore or on a sandbar, rock ledge, etc. Waves bring water in, it needs to balance out again by seeking deeper water. This is what pulls people standing in waist deep water out into deeper water. This current subsides when it reaches deeper water, but as a swimmer reaches shallow water again, the undertow will likely still be present at that spot. This makes it appear the swimmer will reach safety, but in reality, they're possibly trapped in this cycle of water continuously washing them back off the shallows.
As a surfer in Florida where rip currents are always present if the waves are above 3 feet or so, we'd look for them and use the outward flow to make the paddle out easier.
Longshore current was usually only a nuisance (the walk back to the car is longer) unless there's an object like pier or rock jetties nearby.
If any of these cutrents are causing you problems and you become exhausted, just float on your back. A person could probably float their back for days.
Best, if conditions are rough, leave the ocean to the experienced people and enjoy the surfing demonstration from the beach.
The TOP priority (instead of fighting any current) is to get to the surface again, which (usually) isn't a huge ordeal... from there, at least in sea-water, it's generally not too difficult to swim in circles with a side-stroke (or even doggy-paddle), or just tread water (as long as you've got the training) and RECONNOITER about what to do...
As you say, a person can float on their back, just bicycle kicking lazily to motivate, for days on end... It's inconvenient as hell for hiking back to the car/bungalo/home... BUT it can be done if necessary. Reconnoiter on where you can find little kids having no trouble... THAT is probably an easy egress point... so try for there... OR just steadily work at getting toward the beach about anywhere you physically can... you can rest up again once you're out...
Undertow is probably the most instantly alarming, as it's the most violent and immediate yank downward, I've ever dealt with... Even Rip currents only pull you out, but as the name suggests, Undertow feels like it's hauling you under... However, once you realize it goes away at "deep water", it's no longer all that scary. You just have to have faith...
Longshore currents... yeah, just a nuisance for how much longer it takes to get back to your stuff, car, etc... SO LONG as you don't exhaust yourself trying to fight with it.
Don't get in a fight with the ocean. There's a WHOLE G** D*** LOT MORE OF IT than there is of little old you. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 Well said. The problem with all of these currents are primarily found in the mind; they have the potential to cause panic.
Undertow pulls to deep water. Rip current pulls out to sea. Longshore, is mostly a nuisance, unless it's pulling into a deep channel or toward rocks, etc.
Rips will always be the most dangerous and most easily panic inducing. Also if you combine the three, a drowning is likely. If all three are present, no one should be swimming anyhow, but people will be people...so there's that.
The biggest thing is, like you said, reconnoiter. Before you go in the water, and while in the water. Keep your head in the game because muscles and endurance have limits, and lungs do not work when filled with water.
*Thinking further, there are also two other currents worth mentioning:
There is the eddy, or whirlpool. Pretty rare, but can form near something like a rock outcrop if a longshore current is present.
And tidal changes deserve mention. Rip currents in particular will be worse on an outgoing tide. The water during outgoing tide will naturally be flowing out which serves to amplify rip currents, whereas an incoming tide dampens rip currents.
@@slartybarfastb3648 Yep... That's been my experience... AND thanks... ;o)
Enjoy your channel - been a rescue diver since 94!
I normally watch you because your videos are entertaining and informative, but you guys are helping society by making these kinds of videos.
I wish I lived closer to Florida I'd come to your rescue class if nothing else to meet you.
Gus you've lost so much weight! So happy for you!! Its been a year since this video was posted and seeing you in the last video you posted (Jan 2024) shocked me! Good for you bud!!
Best channel on youtube. You guys deserve 1 billion subs.
I do like how the instructor actually disguised the fact that he wanted the diver to pay attention to their computer by telling them to follow a bearing.
Best way to start a Monday morning, Dive Talk!!! 🤿
For the girls drowning in China, I believe that the other person's comment is correct, from my memory of a news story on it the first guy who jumped in didn't really know how to swim but he went in anyway! That's why he was pointing to the second girl trying to get someone who could swim better to go get her.
That just makes me cry a little bit I'm so glad they are okay.
I just found your channel and I absolutely love it.
Very helpful video. I wanted to add that anybody who was drowning, even if they were still conscious or did not need any resuscitation, still needs to go to the hospital to prevent secondary drowning. They are still at risk hours up to 1 or 2 days after the drowning event of dying, especially children, even if they walked away from the accident.
Thank God the girls survived! I have two little girls and yeah...it was hard to watch... I am so happy they live! ❤️
That was harder to watch than I thought it would be. I have put myself in danger many times to prevent violence or other dangerous situations vulnerable people get themselves in and this just broke my heart. Teach your children as early as possible to relax and float on water.
Just a few days ago a rescuer was rescued from a pool in Spain
Yes!! So glad you all uploaded. I saw you all streaming before I left for class and was very disappointed I wouldn’t be able to watch. ❤️❤️❤️ Hopefully next time!
I went through a life saving course when I was young and they pounded into us that saving a drowning person is incredibly dangerous for yourself. If they are conscious and panicked they may drown you also. We were taught to literally be ready to try to knock them out if you have to if they start climbing on you and dragging you under. Even trying to drag an unconscious person is difficult
That video with the aussie telling shanay to hold the camera then running off to save the day with that glorious mullet, that makes me proud to be Australian.
Up bright and early to catch this one! Love you guys! Keep spreading valuable information for divers and non-divers alike. ^_^
I'm not a diver, but it has always interests me and I always watch your guys content. It's amazing to see your channel grow as fast as it is, but that no surprise. You guys are awesome 👌 👏 👍 keep up the great work. 👍
Thanks for all your interesting, informative, and captivating videos. Thanks also for making me smile with the wearing of extraordinary hats! Love from 🇬🇧
Loved how the last one seen the wave coming and he picked her up
Please do another class next year !! I won't be able to attend. I've been a beach guard for 4 years and I love learning new techniques, especially on the diving side of things.
This is just what I needed in my life right now. Love your react vids.
In the first instance with the air turning off - I had that done to me in training, it didn't hurt and was a good thing for my awareness for sure.
Great video yet again...thank you guys!
Great video Gus And Woody and congratulations 🎈🎊🎉 on the 200k!
Great video guys, I learned a couple important lessons. 👍
The rescuer on the beach, 3rd video, what stud! Like Gus said, probably a veteran surfer or lifeguard, because he read read the situation well, countering the current by racing ahead of it. He ran out there like there was no way that lady wasn't getting saved by him. What boss!
Yaaayyy I literally just walked in the door after a big week of work and then just scrolling through yt and see you guys have a new vid I'm like 😃😲😊 so happy 😁
Love these videos so much first thing I listen to at work when a new episode is released.
Great video, as always, and a huge thanks! I especially appreciate this one. From my first time to visit as an 11 year old, I fell in love with the ocean/beach. As I became an adult having heard stories about rip currents and people needlessly drowning in them (I say needlessly, because as Woody stated, you can get out easily, people who don’t know and try swimming against will never win that battle) safety in the water became a priority.
A couple of years back, I went to Gulf Shores. Beforehand, I was connected with a group who puts on these ocean safety events, and I went, because you never can learn too much about it!
When Woody started talking about rips, I was hoping how to survive them would be included, so I appreciate that it was! This might sound kinda crazy, but on a day with pretty good rips, they gave anyone who wanted to go out and get in one (after learning what to do in them) and no one was forced, obviously. They did have multiple lifeguards on standby, safety precaution. I did it. It’s intense even when understanding how they work/what to do, but as Woody said, I swam parallel to get out (another option they mentioned is letting it carry you out, like a lazy river, then just swimming back in). While I was in it, I can’t imagine how scary it would be for someone who doesn’t have a clue as to what’s going on, and the panic that would set in! That’s just a huge recipe for disaster. Woody, I’m very sorry about your friend, and for your loss, too.I pray for comfort for his family, you, and that when any of you think of him, that you’re able to smile, remembering the good times together, and friendship.
Last, regarding the class. Man! I wish so bad I could drive to Florida for that! It’s been a while since I’ve been to Florida. I’ve actually been wanting to get back there, and if there’s ever another one y’all do, and I can find out in plenty of time, that would be a great reason!
Thank goodness the little girl in red either knew to float or not but she did and that saved her life!
Passerby: As was stated it's easy to armchair coach a scenario that's already occurred. Of course no one wants to just watch someone die, but if trying to save them compromises your own life then it's acceptable to respect their decision to not enter the water, fire, or whatever. The first rescuer didn't appear to be a great swimmer and his energy seemed to be exerted rather quickly. A weak swimmer who's tired going after another victim who may panic and kill them both.... I'm sorry but I can understand the hesitation. Thankfully everyone survived, but in those moments when it's happening no one can say for sure what they would've done. Also we have to learn to not assume everyone has the same common knowledge. Or if they do know something in the midget of a panic situation it goes right out of the window. I'm an excellent swimmer so I probably would've dived right in for the girls. Although I know they should be turned face up, my mind probably would've been more on just getting them out of the water to be honest. Or at least close enough for the other people to pull them out. What the surfer did, I wouldn't have even attempted. Kudos to him he was amazing, but I know my limitations. Swimming leisurely is one thing, but to do so while rescuing someone in the ocean under those conditions is another can of worms. Surely I would've helped in any way I could that was safe. Rescue breathing, calling for help, or directing emergency services to the victim etc. But I'm also from Florida, if never be anywhere near the beaches with that surf. At 50 I've lost count years ago of how many drowned bodies I've seen pulled from the ocean, lakes and rivers. Sadly it's no longer a shock, just something that occurs like the sun rising everyday. I know so many people that love to run to the ocean when hurricanes are approaching and the news pleads for people to not go near the beaches and warns no emergency workers will be present. Some people just can't be deterred and logic goes out of the window. Everyone is invincible these days lol.
I was thinking that same thing. It kinda annoyed me how Woody reacted in this case.
Speaking of classes and training, could you guys do a video on what it costs to get into diving? Maybe how much it costs to take beginner courses, rent the gear you need, what it costs to buy your own starter kit? For those of us non-divers who love your channel 😁
prices can vary from shop to shop. my advice would be to find and hit up a dive shop in your local area and ask these questions. from my experience dive shop workers are always happy to welcome new divers and tell them all about the new underwater world they will be experiencing. plus, you might get to meet the people who will train you.
To start off to anyone who is willing to risk their life to save aomeone else then u deserve the utmost respect. The guy in the 2nd video while he may not have done everything perfectly was still doing more than just standing there watching that poor child fight to live. That being said not everyone is a quiet drowner, I have come close 2 drowning on more occasions than I care to admit and everytime while I was conscious of what I was doin and not 100% panicked (definitely a lil tho) I was still making as much noise as I could, screaming when I could get to the surface for a breath, splashing as loudly as possible. Luckily I learned early that when your feet hit bottom, jump as hard I could to get back up to take a breath befor I figured out swimming
Last one is amazing. I watch a show called "Bindi Beach" they really drill into the viewer.. how to spot, an attempted to stay calm an do exactly what you said parallel to shore... I am grateful for the lessons an advice. An upcoming classes... ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Sounds like a good class to attend, the stress and rescue 🛟
Rescue Diver was the most valuable course I took. A girl in our travelling group jumped into a river and quickly got into trouble, fortunately I knew the technique to rescue a panicked diver so I jumped in, rolled her over face up and got under her, swam her back to the bank on our backs and everyone grabbed us. Was a very scary moment. She didn't even say thank you! I think she was a bit embarrassed to be fair.
Gus is so legit giving that warning. Bravo.
Was Mike & Tyler (his sister backing him up) Wright, both Aussie pro surfers involved in that end rescue you featured-very experienced water people, & all round amazing humans!!
Oh my goodness. When you said the next clip is tough to watch I didn’t think it really would for me because I’m not sensitive to stuff. I didn’t know it was kids dang it. That one was tough
I lived some years in China, while back here in Europe you’d be in trouble for failing to aid a person in distress, in China it is the contrary, people don’t get in trouble if they don’t come to rescue, but if they do come to aid a person in distress they are 100% sure of getting themselves in deep trouble. There are often those kind of stories in Chinese news, I do remember of a young student who helped an elderly woman who had an heart attack In the streets, the student gave cpr and called the ambulance, the woman died, he was found guilty of having killed the woman by doing cpr ( even thought medics prove that the woman was already dead before he started cpr and that his actions could have only saved her) and on top of it he had to pay for ambulance and hospital bills as he made the phone call, he had to pay a huge amount of money to the woman’s family and ended up in prison. So for Chinese people the moral of the story is: don’t care about the others it will only bring you trouble.
On top of that, very few people know how to swim in China, mostly elderly people, the majority of Chinese people dont know how to swim.
I can't imagine even contemplating those consequences if I was in that position...I'll be in jail with a smile on my face knowing that I saved two lives, and I would hope that those girls do something in life that helps many many more people...I rather do that than spend the rest of my life knowing I could've saved them but I didn't because I was worried about legal troubles.
Don't know if this is true, but maybe you know. I have heard in a lot of Asian countries they deliberately don't learn to swim believing that it's safer not to learn. Because if they learn to swim, then they will be more likely to drown while swimming... so they don't learn or go near water at all.
oh my that second video i thought i was watching two little girls drown, thanks Gus for telling me they survived.. I had to perform a rescue on a random snorkeler whilst I was doing a guide with a unrelated party.. managed to get him on shore but later died in hospital.. not a single person helped with cpr but rather got phones out instead. Divers know the dangers and I'm with you when you say immediately jump in and get their heads up. I believe it should be taught in schools basic cpr and water rescue.
I want a reaction video for the movie "The Deep House" because it's important to train a 3 minute breath hold by yourself in a hotel bathtub for your SCUBA diving trip just in case you need to ascend from a 1 hour dive at 130 feet in a haunted house with a single cylinder.
Oh yeah, crucial lol. The INRI bit got me 😆
Ohh god i need to see that movie.
I want that SAC rate when I see a ghost.
@@iaisempai Or an underwater alien...
When Gus said... "Look at the sea conditions, it's crazy". I had to rewind the video to see the sea.
Great videos guys, shows the selflessness of some humans. ❤️
Rips are everywhere in Australia, they're gnarly. I completely understand people who aren't particularly aware of them finding themselves in big trouble. They take you a long way out too and if you're like me, being more than just 5 meters from land is a horrifying thought, let alone an kilometer.
I was once swimming between the flags, which is the safe swimming area set by lifeguards, and I still got slowly pulled over and eventually started to get sucked out. Thankfully I grew up in and around the ocean so I recognised very quickly what was happening so it was very easy to escape it. Water safety is, in my opinion, one of the most important life lessons.
"Shaniah, hold this" activates superhero mode
learned lots of info from this video thanks
I can remember the first time my mask got ripped off and cold lake water hit my face. It was shocking. Training is key. Stayed at Indian Shores for my honeymoon, I could not believe how warm the gulf water was. Growing up in WI and then experiencing warm water like that was a mind f^($
The real mind f#^* is that people live in a place so cold you can throw boiling water into the air and it freezes before it hits the ground lol
I really wish I could join the stress and rescue course this time around, seeing situations like these just drive the importance home. I kind of wish that schools worldwide taught basic self rescue techniques and swimming so those little girls wouldn't have been so helpless
If it's a location issue you could always check with a dive shop that's closer to you
I had three near drowning experiences in the same river. The first time I was around 4 or 5. I slipped off this slab of rock and after what seemed like forever and a lot of screaming some lady saved me. The other two I was 17 and I got caught in a current. One tried to trap me under a bridge ( it was like sucking me under and the river floor was that far from the bottom of the bridge, a small gap if you will) and the other just kept dragging me, my boyfriend at the time saved me from the bridge and with the other, I managed to grab on to big rocks and pull my self out of the strong current . Even though I nearly died three times in that river, I still wanna go back. The Grand Valley River is beautiful
@divetalk have you guys stop your podcast …. I’m so in love with it …. So much knowledge and information . Love you guys !
We are just focused on Video at this time.
@@DIVETALK Even that’s great . 😎
One thing I've learned in my first reponder training is, to NOT check for a pulse, but to start mouth to mouth and chest compressions immediatelly. Because feeling the pulse can be difficult on a person you just got out of the water and you don't want to waste any time. Another person can check after you started.
I'm excited to watch this thx Woody and Gus.
I was screaming “go go go go go!” When homeboy sprinted in from off screen
12:34 here when there almost on land but he keep hold of her and looks back for waves and then bear hugs and lifts her to lessen the blow from the wave is amazing 1. for him holding her so that she doesn't get sweept back into the current and ocean and always hold the victim till out of the water having to go back in due to a wave taking her back in is rough 2. so the wave wont hurt as bad he took the brunt and with her in the air getting hit should hurt less I think. Very Brave and smart man here and he is a hero the current is scary especially since it the ocean but water in general that something that if you don't know what to do you may make it worse but if no one else around you may have to try!
That was tough. Good reinforcement of why you need to stay vigilant around the water.
I think that there is a lot to say on the second clip. First, although it looks like she doesn't know how to swim, the kid with the white shirt, jumped into the water trying to save the other kid. That is admirable. Second, the kid with the red shirt, although it looks like she doesn't know how to swim, she gets flat in the water trying to flot. That is survival instincts. But above all, the rescuer, although it looks like he doesn't know how to swim, he jumps in the water and trying to save two kids drowning. He is definitely not panicking, he is scared because he is trying to save two kids drowning when he, himself doesn't know how to swim.
I had to jump in a floated river once to save an old couple that were trapped in a vehicle and at least 2 other persons that knew how swim decided to record a video instead of help.
For the guy saving the girls .. after he got the first one and is just bobbing there is it possible that he may be having a hard time with the temperature of the water.. I’ve been in cold enough water that my legs and arms felt like they took way more effort to use and I got tired QUICKLY .. so glad they were ok though that one had my heart just breaking
Then he would've gotten out...if the water is cold you want to do what you need to do and get out as quick as possible...I don't think that water was cold.
Hope you guys have a fabulous day
I must comment on the chinese video. First of all, very few chinese people can swim. Second, whenever there is an accident in china, people usually don't help, because they are scared of going to prison if they get involved into anything like that. It is very disturbing, but it's all because of the ccp, not chinese people.
Still amazing to see the cultural difference between the 2nd and 3rd video
How can saving a little girl from drowning land you in prison. I'm seriously asking.
That's terrible. I can't imagine living in such a society.
@@jasonvoorhees310 because they do not care about truth, it's about blame. Somebody gonna pay for a mistake made, somebody has to be accountable.
@@Spiderrico0215 but there is video evidence. It was nobody's fault. With the exception of the mother possibly.
would love to be trained by these guys
You sure got my pulse racing this morning!
I truly think I would be more prepared now than I ever was growing up as a swim team and water polo kid on how to help a drown victim from watching these videos.
The second vid the guy done the best he could with the his own abilities to swim. it is really clear he is not a swimmer and tried his hardest to safe them knowing it could be the death of him.
Looking at the second clip in the video makes me think of two things.
Luckily it all turned out OK.
1. The bystander effect, they all know they need to jump into the water and rescue but everyone is waiting for each other to do it.
2. Learning to swim isn't always common everywhere in the world, i'm thinking many of them might not know how to swim.
Just my thoughts as well. People do often just stand and become onlookers to an accident instead of participants in a rescue. I have been a lifeguard both at a public pool and at the coast (in Denmark, it's a country of many islands). It can be frustrating, if you are the one performing a rescue.
We do have strong currents here as well, but a good system of flags to indicate it, most people do respect them, but unfortunately not always, which does result in drownings each year, although a lot of the drownings are in the winter, where people fall in the harbor, where temperatures easily are near freezing point of saltwater, that doesn't give people much time for a rescue, situation being worsened by alcohol's tendency to let blood vessels be relaxed and transfer more heat.
Yes I was thinking maybe they didn't know how to swim or had a huge fear of water
@@tatepearce7898 In my experience it's not that, as 90%+ knows how to swim here (education in school), and most have first aid course from taking a drivers license, but when a flock of people see an accident (car crash, fall or drowning) there is just this tendency to become onlookers, it is something to beware of. The more people there are, the higher risk there is for this to happen.
@@EEDIR-DK yes I actually did not consider that, thankyou. It definitely makes alot of sense
Not bystanders, you need training to rescue a drowning person. And they probably didn't even know how to swim.
I just watched 13 lives and it was so much more intense after watching these videos
I mean I saw the quick back and forth out of air motion. Also you can see the instructors octo hanging behind his back. I'm assuming when she gave the out of air signal she had already been searching for his secondary air(which is hanging behind his back) couldn't find it and bolted.
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