Breath-holding exercises killed one, another critical
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Lifeguard in critical, swimmer drowned in breath-holding exercise gone wrong at Staten Island pool
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"Joseph Lyons Pool is closed for the day after two men were found floating face down Wednesday.
One man training to be a Navy SEAL was dead and a city lifeguard was in grave condition yesterday after they tried doing breath-holding exercises in a public pool in Staten Island.
Bohdan Vitenko and Jonathan Proce, both 21, were found facedown in 3 feet of water in the Lyons Pool in Tompkinsville, where they were practicing techniques similar to those used in military training, authorities said."
"the pool is 3 1/2 feet across the entire surface. An adult can easily stand in it with their head above water," " (see this report)
Wonder if it is also dangerous to swim a 25m lap or as long as you can without breathing?
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Here is more info:
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Both men, who were in excellent shape, suffered cardiac arrest. Witnesses said that they were in an area of the pool that was out of eyeshot of lifeguards.
"Lyons Pool is huge. So what's happening in the far, far corner is hard to see. If you're only two lanes away, it's impossible to see," ... The men were spotted floating face-down in the three-foot-deep shallow section only when one of the two lifeguards called an end to the adult swim session.
"The lifeguards were beside themselves. They were giving them CPR. ... the military advises against certain breath-holding exercises or swimming underwater at length to avoid "shallow water blackout," which can lead to drowning.
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How can there be any area of the pool that is out of eyeshot of the liftguard?
Here is more info:
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Both men, who were in excellent shape, suffered cardiac arrest. Witnesses said that they were in an area of the pool that was out of eyeshot of lifeguards.
"Lyons Pool is huge. So what's happening in the far, far corner is hard to see. If you're only two lanes away, it's impossible to see," ... The men were spotted floating face-down in the three-foot-deep shallow section only when one of the two lifeguards called an end to the adult swim session.
"The lifeguards were beside themselves. They were giving them CPR. ... the military advises against certain breath-holding exercises or swimming underwater at length to avoid "shallow water blackout," which can lead to drowning.
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How can there be any area of the pool that is out of eyeshot of the liftguard?
