Holy shit, he must have jumped in knowing he would not be able to save himself, just to give the baby a chance of surviving. If bystanders hadn’t gotten him the flotation device in time, neither would have made it. What a remarkable thing to do.
Yeah for sure. I cannot confidently say I would have done the same especially in Lake Michigan in winter and I am a pretty strong swimmer. I like to think I would though.
Just knowing how to swim is not enough, I just looked up the weather report and assuming the article was published the day after the incident, the high temp for the 25th was fucking just shy of 30F
So this dude dove into a freezing Lake Michigan without knowing how to swim without hesitation. On top of that Lake Michigan is not just a lake, it has fucking surfhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DVMmX7aiBFe/
Yeah I was gonna say even if you know how to swim when your chest gets enveloped by cold water you will likely forget how to swim for an few seconds unless you have experienced cold water shock before. It’s a very disorienting sensation that can kill people.
He also was presumably clothed. I’m a fairly strong swimmer (and, uh, naturally buoyant) but clothed, in cold fresh water, I would have really struggled.
Holy shit, he must have jumped in knowing he would not be able to save himself, just to give the baby a chance of surviving. If bystanders hadn’t gotten him the flotation device in time, neither would have made it. What a remarkable thing to do.
Yeah for sure. I cannot confidently say I would have done the same especially in Lake Michigan in winter and I am a pretty strong swimmer. I like to think I would though.
Just knowing how to swim is not enough, I just looked up the weather report and assuming the article was published the day after the incident, the high temp for the 25th was fucking just shy of 30F
So this dude dove into a freezing Lake Michigan without knowing how to swim without hesitation. On top of that Lake Michigan is not just a lake, it has fucking surf https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVMmX7aiBFe/
Yeah I was gonna say even if you know how to swim when your chest gets enveloped by cold water you will likely forget how to swim for an few seconds unless you have experienced cold water shock before. It’s a very disorienting sensation that can kill people.
He also was presumably clothed. I’m a fairly strong swimmer (and, uh, naturally buoyant) but clothed, in cold fresh water, I would have really struggled.