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by ihsw 3976 days ago
Yeah, I'm having a hard time seeing how laying on your back to catch your breath is a bad idea. I thought everybody did that when swimming for extended periods of time.

The parent does mention swimming against a rip current, which would explain the need to swim at maximum physical exertion for an extended period of time. In that case I don't think he panicked.

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> which would explain the need to swim at maximum physical exertion for an extended period of time

Huh? Why are people writing this? You don't swim against a rip current.