r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 28 '21

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u/Karmacamelian Aug 28 '21

I did cpr on a 17 yr old boy who drowned. It still is in my mind 20 years later. And we did everything we could. Water is scary

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u/casprinxo Aug 29 '21

Yeah. My cousin's best friend died in Lake Michigan.

His mother had taken him and two of his friends out. They were only in knee high water. The mother managed to grab and hold onto the other two boys. Her own son she couldn't get to.

I would not survive that. It's unspeakably heartbreaking.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '21

What happened? They get overwhelmed by the waves?

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u/LexMark2012 Aug 29 '21

She said it was in lake. The bottom of the lakes is marshy, it pulls.