You must have never seen a raging mountain river, no adult could have saved him.
Yes, I have, and if it were my child, I would go and get him.
From your answer, does that mean that if your child fell in, you would do nothing?
It doesn't have to be a raging mountain river. Ever see the Ohio or Mississippi in flood stage? You could not pay me to get out there in a small boat, yet idiots do it every year and the Coast Guard or some other rescue unit gets to pull the bodies out.