Allodemfancies t1_iwgdiyf wrote on November 15, 2022 at 1:13 PM Reply to comment by pidpiper 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 As one of the charity-case-poor never-learned-to-swim people Another bit of sound advice I keep to is "don't go in the water: you can't swim" Permalink Parent 7
Allodemfancies t1_iwgdiyf wrote
Reply to comment by pidpiper 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
As one of the charity-case-poor never-learned-to-swim people
Another bit of sound advice I keep to is "don't go in the water: you can't swim"