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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I realize that other comments have already explained the law better than I could. I still wanted to say that fortunately, jumping in to drown alongside them doesn't legally count as "helping," so there is no expectations for anyone to do so.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was hinting at the fact that drowning people will drown you to live themselves lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Oh yes, I was cheekily agreeing with that. It's always good to spread the information that the end result of a person who isn't specifically trained in rescue swimming attempting to swim out and rescue a drowning person is almost always just the two drowning together, even if the would-be rescuer is an otherwise strong swimmer.