So sorry to hear that.
My dad was trained in water rescue; when he was a teen he saved my cousin from drowning. It left a huge impact on him, and water safety was drilled into all of us.
There were several incidents that he would speak of, of people he knew who had suffered tragedy while out on the water. In one case, it was some youths who were out in canoes, not far from shore, when several of them capsized. One young fellow, who was a champion swimmer, brought several of his friends to shore before he succumbed to the cold water.
It can happen so quickly.
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