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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When I was a lifeguard I never saved anyone when I was on duty. Another lifequard at the pool said he had 123 saves (I think he was not much of a lifeguard).
When I was in Mexico last year there was a drowning at the pool. I came by after he was revived they put him in a stretcher and took the blankets off him, then into the back of a pickup truck. He died on the way to the hospital.
I don't think he died from drowning but the after care.
When I was a lifeguard I never saved anyone when I was on duty. Another lifequard at the pool said he had 123 saves (I think he was not much of a lifeguard).
When I was in Mexico last year there was a drowning at the pool. I came by after he was revived they put him in a stretcher and took the blankets off him, then into the back of a pickup truck. He died on the way to the hospital.
I don't think he died from drowning but the after care.
