Swimming is
.. any which way one looks at it ..
a very useful SURVIVAL SKILL that no one can ordinarily forecast if and or when it will come in very handy.
some stuff i came across on the Internet some time back in the day amply illustrates
the value
the usefulness
the importance
of
the ability to swim.
i don’t remember now if it was at LindaIkejiBlog at Instagram or somewhere else
but it was a story about something that happened somewhere in Rivers State, Nigeria or Bayelsa State, Nigeria or thereabouts
i will try and search to see if the story is still up anywhere on the internet and if i see the story i will copy the link or screenshot the stuff or both and paste it somewhere here at this post.
basically
what had happened
.. if i remember the story with any degree of accuracy ..
is/was that
some folks
WHO COULD NOT SWIM
had found themselves in a river
and
were basically drowning to death.
luckily for them
there was a fellow around who could swim
and
HE DECIDED TO BE A HERO
i guess so
because
according to the story
HE DIVED INTO THE WATERS
TEN DIFFERENT TIMES
AND EACH TIME
HE SAVED ONE FOLK THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE DROWNED
AND
BROUGHT THAT FOLK SAFELY OUT OF THE WATERS
AND THEN
DIVED BACK INTO THE RIVER
TO SAVE MORE FOLKS
HE DID THAT TEN TIMES
HE SAVED TEN DIFFERENT FOLKS
THE ELEVENTH TIME
HE DIVED INTO THE RIVER
TO BRING OUT A DROWNING FOLK
HE DIDN’T MAKE IT OUT OF THE RIVER ALIVE.
he drowned and died in the waters.
the story said something like
he had become weak and tired
after diving in 10 times
and
saving 10 different folks that he brought out of the waters
there is a tendency to wonder why he didn’t stop when he had gotten weak and tired ?
there was no gain in that ELEVENTH DIVE
he lost his life
and
he didn’t bring out the person he had dived in to save
so in a way
IT WAS A HORRENDOUS WASTE OF
THE LIFE OF A KIND HEARTED FOLK
BY THAT KIND HEARTED FOLK HIMSELF
in any case
the story illustrates
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABILITY TO SWIM
if those ten folks he saved had known how to swim maybe they might have helped bring out other folks and maybe more folks would have been saved out of the river and the kind hearted swimmer may not have gotten exhausted and died while trying to save a soul.
i suppose
THE LESSON
really
is that
FOLKS WHO KNOW HOW TO SWIM
SHOULD NOT OVER ESTIMATE
THEIR ABILITIES
AND
SHOULD KNOW WHEN TO
KEEP AWAY FROM
THE WATERS
i come to this conclusion
taking into consideration
the story of
a young Nigeria Medical Doctor
who died in a swimming pool
somewhere in the Caribbean(s).
this is a chap
i had known since we were about
9 years or 10 years old.
according to the story we were told,
he had taken some alcohol
and was drunk?
and
had decided in that physical state
to go for a swim.
and
he had died there in the swimming pool.
when i heard that story
i had immediately suspected foul play
somewhere
but i had no proof or evidence
so i just said nothing
and i just listened to the story
and heard it out.
i mean this is a guy
i knew.
he wasn’t stupid in any way.
anyway, the take out from the story regarding his death was that / is that
WHEN A FOLK IS DRUNK
AND/OR
WHEN A FOLK DRINKS A FAIR AMOUNT
OF ALCOHOL
THAT FOLK SHOULDN’T GO SWIMMING
BECAUSE
THE LIQUOR COULD HAVE THE EFFECT
OF MAKING THE FOLK
TIRED AND WEAK
WHEN IN THE WATER
AND
THE FOLK COULD DROWN AND DIE
ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE NO OTHER FOLKS AROUND
WHO SEE THE FOLK GET INTO THE WATER
AND
MAY THEREFORE
NOTICE WHAT IS HAPPENING
AND
LEND A HAND TO SAVE A LIFE.
Tough Conclusion to arrive it.
but
if you put those 2 stories parri-passu
if you put those 2 stories side by side
one commonality
stands out
namely,
those 2 chaps could swim
and
they had died in the waters
because they had gotten tired and weak
while in the waters.
so, it is a FAIR CONCLUSION
that
FOLKS WHO KNOW HOW TO SWIM
SHOULD NOT OVER ESTIMATE
THEIR ABILITIES
AND
SHOULD KNOW WHEN TO
KEEP AWAY FROM
THE WATERS
so
at a guess
while swimming looks like great fun
while swimming looks like great sports
folks
should be generally careful
with anything
pertaining to swimming
i mean
the other day
there was a story on the internet
about a Primary School
and a Swimming Teacher
who had
thrown? one of the pupils ( a little girl )
into the Swimming Pool
and
despite the happenstance?
that
when he threw her into the water
she had hit her head on the side of the swimming pool
and had voiced out that she was feeling pains in her head
had instructed the little girl
to swim from one side of the pool
to the other side of the pool
and to keep on doing so
until he tells her to stop.
the little girl had died there in the waters
i will search to see if
the story is still up anywhere on the internet
and
if i see a link to the story or other relevant material i will copy or screen-shot and paste / post them here as may be relevant.
i don’t remember though
reading anywhere in that story
that
the Swimming Teacher was arrested and charged for murder? regarding the death of the little girl
or
that the proprietor/owner of the school
got wind of the story
and
.. as a first step ..
terminated his appointment
i.e fired him from the job
before
thereafter handing him over to the authorities for prosecution.
so really
while swimming is great fun
while swimming is great sports
while swimming is enjoyable activity
it may be of value
for folks to generally be careful
with anything and everything
pertaining to swimming.
so much
for
some happenstances
linked to swimming
that may have been avoided
if
a fair degree of caution
had been exercised.
so
meanwhile
tell me
whose DORSAL PERSPECTIVE imagery coming out of the swimming pool via the swimming pool staircase or steps
or
just simply while stationary on the swimming pool staircase or steps
is the greatest of all time ?
█ [1] CHEROKEE D ASS
a.k.a
YOHANNA RENEE KERR
█ [2] LALA KOI
█ [3] REGINA DANIELS
█ [4] LALA KOI
█ [5] AMIRAH DYME
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