Very frightening description, but true and worth remembering. It’s simply a physical fact that when people are drowning, they can’t call out for help or thrash around; I saw a near-drowning once, and it was like that.
I have never looked at water the same way since I got Life Guard certed 20 years ago. I’m always scannin.
It’s not splashes or flailing you look for. It’s struggle and desperation
//they can’t call out for help or thrash around//
No they cant because they are not taking air, they are taking in water. It does not take long at all, 30 seconds or so like the article says.