StitchinThroughTime t1_jdetn41 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:48 PM Reply to comment by CandiedOwl in Bravery medals for women who raced into 'rough, crazy' surf to save drowning girls by Sariel007 Yes, it's one of the ways people actually told to getting drowning people to stop grabbing on to you is to dive down below. They don't want to be underwater so you dragging them down freaking out even more and they let go. Permalink Parent 23
StitchinThroughTime t1_jdetn41 wrote
Reply to comment by CandiedOwl in Bravery medals for women who raced into 'rough, crazy' surf to save drowning girls by Sariel007
Yes, it's one of the ways people actually told to getting drowning people to stop grabbing on to you is to dive down below. They don't want to be underwater so you dragging them down freaking out even more and they let go.