alt.hn

6/18/2026 at 1:24:27 PM

Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning (2021)

 https://gcaptain.com/drowning/

by speckx

6/18/2026 at 2:46:43 PM

http://spotthedrowningchild.com/

1st video is ~1minute long and puts you in the right mindset.

by AlexErrant

6/18/2026 at 3:51:24 PM

It shocks me that we use to go to wave pools like these for elementary school trips. They never even asked us if we could swim or not. I was at least a passable swimmer, but even so, it was so crowded that I remember a couple times getting stuck under the water briefly trying to find my way up between all the feet and inner tubes.

by AnodicElegy

6/19/2026 at 12:18:13 PM

Wait

TFA is like 90% a copy of whatever the PDF is on this website. It just prefixes it with a small story

by setr

6/18/2026 at 10:14:13 PM

As a summer lifeguard when I was younger, I agree with the premise - drowning doesn't look it. Each time I encountered it the key was someone simply staring at me - they don't raise their hands or call for help. It even happened once in my own home swimming pool when a pre-teen got in over his head. His parents definitely didn't notice. Except the very first time when I went over to see what the problem was I now extend a cleaning net to them - they grab on very fast and tightly.

by landmass

6/18/2026 at 3:08:52 PM

That last line, "children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why."

fills me with dread.

by hackeraccount