• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    First thing you learn in swimming rescue.

    If you are trying to help a drowning victim and they grab on to you, push yourself deeper underwater. The victim will let go and keep trying to get to the air.

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      2 hours ago

      In lifeguard training I was unironically told I might have to punch someone in the face to snap them out of it and ensure we don’t both drown lol

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      3 hours ago

      Interesting, first thing we learned was to try to knee them in the groin to make them let go.