Amazing Moment

[HereComeTheIrish]

Not more than 5 minutes ago, I just watched a little boy drown in one of the pools at our hotel. However, thanks to the quick thinking of a couple of adults sitting poolside and 2 amazing lifeguards who sprinted up the beach to get to the scene and begin CPR until paramedics could get here, that little boy was brought back to life and looks like he will be ok.

Love your kids folks. Don't take them for granted because you never know when they could be taken away from you.

-Slainte

HCTI

 

[mlcspinner]

Wow I'm glad everything turned out OK

 

[Ben E.]

Not more than 5 minutes ago, I just watched a little boy drown in one of the pools at our hotel. However, thanks to the quick thinking of a couple of adults sitting poolside and 2 amazing lifeguards who sprinted up the beach to get to the scene and begin CPR until paramedics could get here, that little boy was brought back to life and looks like he will be ok.

Love your kids folks. Don't take them for granted because you never know when they could be taken away from you.

-Slainte

HCTI

THANK GOD!

 

[JDub713]

That's great. I'm currently in school with aspirations of becoming a firefighter, and hearing things like that just feeds my drive. The feeling of saving a child's life blows any sized paycheck out of the water I'm sure. I hope I can get that opportunity some day.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Jesus Christ! Thank the LORD he's okay!

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

Good idea for everyone to learn CPR, and keep the certificate upgraded every 2 years, if at least for any family emergency. Also a good idea to never let a child get in the water unsupervised, and I'm talking never take your eye off them unless you KNOW they are in the water with someone trustworthy.

Also a great idea, if you have the time and the means, to teach kids to swim at an early age. You would be amazed how early a kid can learn to swim.

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[dshans]

Good idea for everyone to learn CPR, and keep the certificate upgraded every 2 years, if at least for any family emergency. Also a good idea to never let a child get in the water unsupervised, and I'm talking never take your eye off them unless you KNOW they are in the water with someone trustworthy.

Also a great idea, if you have the time and the means, to teach kids to swim at an early age. You would be amazed how early a kid can learn to swim.

Ditto, ditto, and ditto! CPR wasn't even a twinkle in anyone's eye when I was a young lad, but my parents made it a priority that all 5 of my siblings and I learn to swim as early as possible. In Syosset, Long Island, there were enough local ponds and streams, not to mention trips to Jones Beach, Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor to make it important.

The early lessons came in handy when the family moved to St. Pete Beach, FL, in 1959. Red Cross swimming lessons in the Gulf of Mexico made my family's living on Blind Pass, an open stretch of salt water, complete with tides and currents, a bit more comfortable for my folks. We all made it. Even when we did some crazy shit living on a lake in Orlando as teenagers with access to a canoe and a small ski boat.

Shortly after my son was born I enrolled in CPR classes at the local YMCA. When the lad hit toddler age he got swimming lessons at the same "Y." I don't live on an ocean or a lake, but among the small lake in the park across the street, the wading pool there and numerous lakes, ponds, rivers and pools nearby; his being able to keep his head above water was a "must" for times he might be in someone else's (less obsessive) care or even briefly out of my arms and sight.

Be good, be careful and be diligent.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Ditto, ditto, and ditto! CPR wasn't even a twinkle in anyone's eye when I was a young lad, but my parents made it a priority that all 5 of my siblings and I learn to swim as early as possible. In Syosset, Long Island, there were enough local ponds and streams, not to mention trips to Jones Beach, Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor to make it important.

The early lessons came in handy when the family moved to St. Pete Beach, FL, in 1959. Red Cross swimming lessons in the Gulf of Mexico made my family's living on Blind Pass, an open stretch of salt water, complete with tides and currents, a bit more comfortable for my folks. We all made it. Even when we did some crazy shit living on a lake in Orlando as teenagers with access to a canoe and a small ski boat.

Shortly after my son was born I enrolled in CPR classes at the local YMCA. When the lad hit toddler age he got swimming lessons at the same "Y." I don't live on an ocean or a lake, but among the small lake in the park across the street, the wading pool there and numerous lakes, ponds, rivers and pools nearby; his being able to keep his head above water was a "must" for times he might be in someone else's (less obsessive) care or even briefly out of my arms and sight.

Be good, be careful and be diligent.

Good thoughts Brah... Couldn't agree more.

I'm certified CPR as I work with kids with Autism so it's mandated that I have it. It just so happened that my wife and two kids went down ahead of me today and they'd barely hit the pool deck when all of this happened. All I know is this...Where the young man went down,that's generally where I stand in the pool so I can watch my own kids while they swim. I can only hope that if the situation arises where I'm forced into duty that I'm able to work as bravely and admirably as those two young fellas did today. I literally broke in to tears today thinking about "what if that was my kid". Those kids are heros and all they got was a bunch of hugs...and I mean a bunch from family and onlookers....but from then on, they went right back to work.

In my opinion, Man's game....

I hope to shake their hands and buy them a drink before we leave... Total balls.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Thank God he's ok.