How many knew how to swim?
How may were black? The saddest statistic around is that 75% of blacks can’t swim. Fall in...die
How many know how to escape a riptide. I’m no great swimmer but I’ve been told the average riptide peters out after a while. Instead of panicking and trying to swim against it, ride it for a bit then swim back to shore.
I would suspect that not panicking is the absolute hardest thing.
There’s a college somewhere that includes drownproofing training as a requirement for graduation.
I agree with you except for the riptides. You’re supposed to swim parallel to the beach until you’re out of the current.
Swim sideways until you are out of the current, then head for shore.
It was a required course at Georgia Tech. And there were many many students who put it off to their final quarter before taking it. I thought it was kinda fun. Tie my hands and feet and throw me in the pool? Sure!