Where did the factoid that he was a proficient swimmer come from?Good question.
It's an unusual word to use in this case, as well as "avid" and "enthusiastic."
On the day it happened, I saw a news report that showed a video of him taking swimming lessons and saying "progress..."
It sounds to me like he was "enthusiastic" about learning to swim, he was "avid" in taking his lessons, and he was "proficient" at swimming like JFK Jr. was "proficient" at flying an airplane to Martha's Vineyard.
He wasn't "proficient," he was learning. It's no different than claiming someone who died in a car accident was a "proficient" driver despite still taking driving lessons.
-PJ
I suspect a medical emergency, i.e. stroke or heart attack, which made him unable to cling to the board after he went into the water. Perhaps due to the covid shot.
If he worked for the Clintons I would wonder what really happened.
If you can barely swim with flippers on, you have absolutely no chance if you spill unexpectedly off a paddleboard in open water - with no lifejacket.
It's a shame, but often the learning swimmer overestimates his ability more than somebody who doesn't swim at all.
What’s the deal with blacks and swimming?
Every single white person I know can swim.
Seems like the type that ought to wear a life jacket.