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[deleted] t1_iwh676y wrote

Reply to comment by RisingPhoenix5 in TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed. by lemontreelemur

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RisingPhoenix5 t1_iwh7br9 wrote

Thats so interesting to me. I have lived near lakes my whole life, so we learned to swim early, but I can't imagine not knowing it, even if I don't swim more than a few times a year. I think the knowledge is more reassuring than anything.

Congrats on not drowning though! Keep up that streak!

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