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Old 06-21-2005, 08:25 PM
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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream

I know a healthy, young man who drowned because he was caught in the rip tide and didn't know what to do. I think that panic was a factor as well.
Where my parents live, people--usually tourists--drown every year because they don't know what to do when they're caught in riptide. There are very, very few natives who drown in our part of the Gulf.
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