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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My cousin was a Navy SEAL, a classmate of mine was a Navy SEAL, and my high school wrestling coach was a Navy SEAL--none of them would ever do something as stupid as that. If you absolutely have to do something like that (and I don't know why you would, as they have facilities where they train), why do you need to tell the lifeguard? I do underwater exercises at my gym all the time, and I never tell the lifeguards. I figure if I tell them I'm going to be underwater for a minute or so at a time, they'll just assume I'm okay under there. I'd rather them think something was wrong when it isn't than think everything is okay when I'm unconscious and drowning.
My cousin was a Navy SEAL, a classmate of mine was a Navy SEAL, and my high school wrestling coach was a Navy SEAL--none of them would ever do something as stupid as that. If you absolutely have to do something like that (and I don't know why you would, as they have facilities where they train), why do you need to tell the lifeguard? I do underwater exercises at my gym all the time, and I never tell the lifeguards. I figure if I tell them I'm going to be underwater for a minute or so at a time, they'll just assume I'm okay under there. I'd rather them think something was wrong when it isn't than think everything is okay when I'm unconscious and drowning.
