Have any of you seen or experienced serious pool accidents, such as saves, drowning, collisions with serious consequences...? I haven't seen myself, but I've heard of some scaring collisions due to too crowded lanes. In one case, a swimmer's toe was broken; in another, a swimmer's eyeball was taken out :eek: while backstroking and another swimmer freestyling and didn't see the first swimmer (who didn't wear goggles). In another case, a swimmer drowned (cause unknown) and her body stayed at the bottom of the pool for a long time before being discovered--someone swam above and past her three times and saw her still there. It's said the lifeguards were changing shifts during that time and didn't pay attention.
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The only pool "accident" that I was involved in involved myself. I was in Florida at a Disney resort, and they had this waterfall thing. I walked underneath it and opened my eyes. These were the days before I had LASIK surgery, so I was wearing my contacts. The waterfall hit me in the eye and ripped my contact in half. One half flew out of my eye, but the other was pushed up into my eye socket behind my eye. I immediately pulled my eyelid open and shoved my index finger and thumb up there, grabbed something, and pulled it out. Luckily, I got it on the first try. If I hadn't gotten it that time, I probably would have freaked out and needed to go to the hospital. I'm lucky the adrenaline gave me at least that one shot. I'm glad I don't need to wear them anymore.
The only pool "accident" that I was involved in involved myself. I was in Florida at a Disney resort, and they had this waterfall thing. I walked underneath it and opened my eyes. These were the days before I had LASIK surgery, so I was wearing my contacts. The waterfall hit me in the eye and ripped my contact in half. One half flew out of my eye, but the other was pushed up into my eye socket behind my eye. I immediately pulled my eyelid open and shoved my index finger and thumb up there, grabbed something, and pulled it out. Luckily, I got it on the first try. If I hadn't gotten it that time, I probably would have freaked out and needed to go to the hospital. I'm lucky the adrenaline gave me at least that one shot. I'm glad I don't need to wear them anymore.
