Was eating by the poolside cafe with my hubby and some friends, suddenly we heard a "HEEEhhhhmm.... *gargle gargle* ... HEEhmm.... *gargle gargle*" crescendo and decrescendo in the waters. Ran to the side fence to take a look (in other words, kaypoh), it was actually a WOMAN struggling, but she was holding on to a guy, but during her struggle, she kept pushing the guy into the water. The guy was in more trouble than the lady!
Saw the lifeguard darted half around the pool to their aid (shouldn't he have jumped into the pool and swam over?)... Maybe too far, faster to run over and jump in. Some other swimmers swam over quickly to help these two.
Unfortunately, although I am a swimmer, I do not know how to handle such situations. Thank goodness they are all safe. Thank God for lifeguards and good Samaritans.
Heard a young boy drowned in this pool as he jumped into the pool to play, but there was no lifeguard on duty.
Heard that this is due to club's management's way of cost cutting, to cut lifeguard duty roster from 2 rotating shifts to 1 a day only so that they only needed to hire 1 lifeguard.
Sickening. Poor boy. Even a strong swimmer can drown, not to mention a young inexperienced boy who can barely swim.
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