meemoos
Shared on Mon, 04/26/2010 - 23:56Watched my 5 y/o son almost drown in the pool this evening (right before his swimming lesson). Both boys think they can swim...they can't. The love testing me---they don't believe me!!
I was a Lifeguard and WSI (Water Safety Instructor) in college. I know wtf I'm talking about kids ;-)
The panic in his eyes was awful! He was supposed to hang onto the edge of the pool but he doesn't listen---the second I took my eye off of him he pushed himself out---in the 3' -ish deep water. Kids/instructors are all around him, but they don't SEE him. He's bobbing up and down trying to get his head out enough to get breaths in--he did quite well but he was running out of energy. I almost had to jump into the pool (fully clothed), but a nice lady who I might have yelled at, grabbed him.
I can NEVER EVER forget that fear that I saw in his face!!!!!
He still wanted to take his lesson after the incident---and I'm sure if he hadn't been a bit shook up, he would have leveled up to level 3 (Swim America) with his brother.
--- I thought of my father, who at age 9 watched his younger brother drown in a river--he couldn't swim and neither could his brother---
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