• lost_faith@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      and a very traumatic experience even when you survive. does he still like swimming in the ocean? I know I didn’t after my experience

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      Yep RIP tides are no laughing matter. I was lucky enough when it happened to me I just ended up several hundred feet down the beach. Once you are in it. It can be way harder to get out than a lot of people might think.

      • Yes, we needed help getting out. I was swimming parallel as needed and kept pushing my son out 2-3 feet ahead of me so I was motivated enough to swim to him. After a few minutes, a young man, probably 20s, came in to help.