• Man Drowns Rescuing Two Children In Sea
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[quote] A man has drowned after rescuing two children playing in the sea at West Wittering Beach in West Sussex. The 25-year-old went to the aid of the children who got into difficulty after playing with a rubber ring in the sea on Saturday. Police said the man - who was not related to the children - managed to get them to safety during the incident, which took place around midday. A Sussex Police spokesman said: "The male went to the assistance of two children playing in a rubber ring some five metres from the shoreline. "He managed to get the children to safety but in doing so put himself in danger which sadly resulted in him drowning." A Solent Coastguard spokesman said: "Their mother was understandably upset that this man had had this accident when he had tried to help them." He said that an ambulance was the first rescue vehicle on the scene and a coastguard operation was not launched.[/quote] [url]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/man-drowns-rescuing-two-children-sea-122638403.html[/url] Now this is some amazing selfless sacrifice.
Saved them from what exactly? Like does it say what even happened with the rubber ring?
Well, he didn't follow the procedure of checking if saving those people will not put him in danger. But fuck it, he did save them sacrificing himself. He's a hero, good thing he died a painless and quiet death. I heard drowning's not really all that chaotic.
It doesn't say so I'm going to go ahead and assume it was pirates. [editline]27th May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Mr MP;36098189]Well, he didn't follow the procedure of checking if saving those people will not put him in danger. But fuck it, he did save them sacrificing himself. He's a hero, good thing he died a painless and quiet death. I heard drowning's not really all that chaotic.[/QUOTE] Than you'd be wrong, it is initially quite painful as your lungs swell with sea water and your entire body screams at you to get to oxygen.
I don't get how he saved them but then drowned.
How did he manage to drown? I mean, couldn't he just have pushed the ring onto shore? it was not really THAT far out. Still, if this had been a better report, i would have supported this guy as a hero.
This article is super vague, what were the kids even doing playing with the pirates stuff?
[QUOTE=Mr MP;36098189]Well, he didn't follow the procedure of checking if saving those people will not put him in danger. But fuck it, he did save them sacrificing himself. He's a hero, good thing he died a painless and quiet death. I heard drowning's not really all that chaotic.[/QUOTE] Sadly, it's actually one of the most painful and terrifying ways to die. I would like more details on the story, though the man appears to be a hero either way.
This sounds like one of those "the guy died for nothing but for his family's sake let's say he died a hero" stories. Kids were probably drifting out farther than they or their mom wanted, they started freaking out, then this guy goes in to 'save' them. He probably winds up getting pulled out by a rip current. Even if you're a good swimmer you'll die if you don't know how to deal with a rip current.
[QUOTE]two children playing in a rubber ring some [B]five metres from the shoreline[/B][/QUOTE] I'm sorry but how can you even drown 5 metres from a shore line you can probably sit up and be out of the water.. [editline]27th May 2012[/editline] Story is bullshit
[QUOTE=Motherfuckers;36098190]It doesn't say so I'm going to go ahead and assume it was pirates. [editline]27th May 2012[/editline] Than you'd be wrong, it is initially quite painful as your lungs swell with sea water and your entire body screams at you to get to oxygen.[/QUOTE] It's AFTER that point that it (allegedly) becomes peaceful. Apparently as your brain starts to run out of oxygen you start to hallucinate, you become overwhelmed with a sense of euphoria.
Wonder how he managed to save the two little girls from drowning when he drowned himself.
I call bullshit. Not only is the article super vague and gives zero detail (even the most basic things like the circumstances, it's just "that guy saved kids died for some reason"), but there's also this line : [quote]A Sussex Police spokesman said: "The male went to the assistance of two children playing in a rubber ring some five metres from the shoreline.[/quote] Five meters ? Really ? On most beaches that's barely enough to have your body even halfway into water.
[QUOTE=Mr MP;36098189]Well, he didn't follow the procedure of checking if saving those people will not put him in danger. But fuck it, he did save them sacrificing himself. He's a hero, good thing he died a painless and quiet death. I heard drowning's not really all that chaotic.[/QUOTE] No, drowning is the fucking WORST thing that can happen short of being killed via fire. Drowning you literally feel your lungs fill with water and you slowly suffocate. Fire, you literally boil alive until your brain boils and you die.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;36099474]I call bullshit. Not only is the article super vague and gives zero detail (even the most basic things like the circumstances, it's just "that guy saved kids died for some reason"), but there's also this line : Five meters ? Really ? On most beaches that's barely enough to have your body even halfway into water.[/QUOTE] I've found at least 7 sources with the same story, would BBC news really lie about someone dying in order to save some kids?
Here's bbc's article: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-18225871[/url] Basically same text but a picture. [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/60518000/jpg/_60518065_westwitteringdrowning.jpg[/img] Not sure how the guy drowned exactly, may get a better news article or enquery later.
[QUOTE=Mr MP;36098189]Well, he didn't follow the procedure of checking if saving those people will not put him in danger. But fuck it, he did save them sacrificing himself. He's a hero, good thing he died a painless and quiet death. I heard drowning's not really all that chaotic.[/QUOTE] You've obviously never fallen into the deep end of the pool at a young age.
How does 5 meters from shore drown you?
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;36099128]I'm sorry but how can you even drown 5 metres from a shore line you can probably sit up and be out of the water.. [editline]27th May 2012[/editline] Story is bullshit[/QUOTE] Have you ever even been in the fucking ocean? They're called shelfs and the depth suddenly drops off by A LOT.
[QUOTE=Gareth;36099644]I've found at least 7 sources with the same story, would BBC news really lie about someone dying in order to save some kids?[/QUOTE] Well it can always be some story people started talking about and BBC picked it up too assuming it was real. Every newspaper fucks up at some point. Hell, very recently BBC has used the UNSC logo from Halo to illustrate the United Nations Security Council, they aren't perfect. What really strikes me with that whole thing is the complete lack of details in the article. There is literally no circumstances given whatsoever - the guy just dropped by, saved children then died. You can't be that vague when making an article, and usually journalists just don't bother with news if they don't have enough info to back it up.
[QUOTE=Dysgalt;36106942]Have you ever even been in the fucking ocean? They're called shelfs and the depth suddenly drops off by A LOT.[/QUOTE] Won't be the actual coastal shelf, but I've been to West Wittering a few times, and it does have a noticeable drop pretty close to the low tide line.
I heard the 4 year old jumped out of the rubber ring when they saw the guy. That plus the bumpy sea must've tired the guy out so he just gave up.
[QUOTE=zombays;36105625]How does 5 meters from shore drown you?[/QUOTE] There's this place I go swimming during summertime, and it gets overhead deep after around >10 meters, and I'm 180 cm tall. 5 meters from the shoreline eh? A bit of a stretch, but I can believe it.
People claim 5 meters is nothing out of shore line, yet none of you has ever been to Black Sea, at least in Georgia near Batumi. You do three steps and already have water at the waist level. You do four more steps and good bye land.
Not to mention currents that can literally drag you under and out to sea.
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