by Adam Mint Thu 5 Jul 2012 - 6:01
Posted this one some time back;
Just read the report on the lake drowning Mcqueen was on about, absolutely ridiculous. Some years back I was down at the local pond, there was a kid (a girl) of about twelve years old with a toddler in a pushchair, the toddler got out of the pushchair and fell straight in to the pond, I expected the girl to do something but she just stood and looked, there was no one else in the immediate vicinity, I immediately stopped what I was doing, ran twenty yards or so to the scene of the incident and jumped straight in, as it turned out the water was only about three foot deep but I did not know that, I grabbed the toddler and climbed out of the pond. The toddler was crying but ok, just as well as I had no idea as to resuscitation methods being only twelve or so myself at the time, I collected my toy yacht and went off home somewhat wet and cold to get changed, day at pond ruined.
Thank f#ck I had no training or toddler would probably have drowned...
Thought about posting this one at same time, but didn’t;
Another incident many years later, we were on holiday mainland Spain, lying at the pool I was watching a guy playing with his small kid which would have been less than a year old, the child was in one of those kiddie rubber rings that have a built in seat with two holes for the kid to put its legs through. The father was standing at the edge of the pool dropping the kid/rubber ring in to the pool, the kid seemed to enjoy, several times the father picked the kid up and drop it in, I noticed each time he was doing this he was dropping the kid from a bit more height. Dropping the kid one time the rubber ring upturned, the kid slipped straight out in to the depths of the pool, note it was the deep end, six foot plus deep, the father jumped straight in but it was immediately obvious he could not swim, and he also started to drown. The pool area was busy, but no one seemed to be aware of what was happening, the kid was under water and the father was just someone else splashing about! I immediately dived in from the opposite side of the pool, came up below the kid and basically deposited the kid basketball style on the side of the pool, I then turned and got hold of the father, he was a bit more of a fight, he kept grabbing hold of me pushing me under the water, I ended up under water standing on the floor of the pool pushing him to the edge, the child’s mother was there by this time, rescue over I about turned and disappeared while the commotion for a want of a better word took place, both were ok and there was no need for resuscitation, the mother (I suspect Spanish) was in a worse state than those involved. I got back to my sun-bed, wife looks up from her book, says where you been!
PS; any complexes out there need a part time lifeguard, no qualifications but a fast learner!
And who the fu#k trained the trainer..................
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