If you saw a kid who is about to drown in a swimming pool and you're the only person around there, no one else.

Would you go save the kid? or Would you just run away because you're just scared of seeing someone drowning into the pool? or Would you just stare at the kid until someone rescues the kid?

For me, I would go find someone to rescue the kid and not just stand around. I can't swim, I don't know how to swim at all. I'm scared of deep water if the kid was in a deep water. Well if he was in not so deep water, I'll probably go rescue the kid for sure.

for now i can say that i will save the kid since i can swim. but i havent experience such situation before, probably there will be something that affects my decision.

most ppl will definitely say that they will save the kid cause it's a life blarblarblar.
i remembered having an exam with a question asking
" if there is someone who falls off onto the railway track and you can ask a train from a far, will you save the person?"
most people wrote yes cause life is precious etc. i wrote: i dont know. i dont wish to say that i will save the person definitely. if i am to encounter such situation, probably i am all courageous to save the person, or i'm scared of dying as i'm risking my life for a stranger and i have my loved ones. i can't say for sure.

I would jump in to save him. I saved my little cousin from drowning when he fell into the pool.

I probably kill myself from saving him...
but i would get help or try....

I wouldn't rescue the kid.

Haha, I'm not heartless! I just can't swim O _ O I'll probably run around screaming and find something I could pull them in with.

Yo I can't swim either.

Maybe I'd scream for help while searching for anything big that floats and throw it near to the kid.
Maybe I'd scream and run until I find a person.
Maybe out of instinct I'd jump into the pool, only to add the burden to the savior on saving two lives.

But I'll never know how I'd react until I get to experience it. Of which, I hope I will never have to encounter this.

I'll yell my head off until someone comes. I doubt the kid or me would be on a deserted island.
I haven't swam for a while, so there would be no point trying to help the kid by going after him. ><

If I saw a kid drowning...honestly I'd like to say that I would leap into action, dive into the pool, and heroically save the kid, but I don't know what I would do. It depends on a lot of factors my mood for one (if I have a lot of self doubt or something), in what shape I'm in (I'm accident prone -- meaning I break a lot of bones), and whether or not I like the kid. LOL! I'm kidding w/ the last one. I HATE my little cousin, but I saved him from falling off the balcony of a 5 floor apt building while in Taegeau. Family obligation I suppose. He was dumb enough to climb over the railing and slip, hanging on for dear life. I HATE heights and yet I helped him anyway. I never venture onto the balcony thing, but I did because me and him were the only ones home at the time. Wow...this is beginning to sound like a movie! LOL! It actually happened though. He learned his lesson. He was 6-7 at the time and I was 10 I think. I saved my dog from being hit by a car too once at my own expense. I was the ONE that ended up getting hit. You know those crazy Korean drivers! LMAO! Talk about an adrenaline rush. Most of time when I do something I don't realize I'm doing it like 'thinking it through.' When I saw my cousin dangling I just went straight to help him and didn't think about anything else so who knows...maybe I'd do the same for a random drowning kid.

Of course I would save the kid.
I'm not heartless. D:

I would save the kid. I know how to swim.

I'd save him as well. Even if I didn't know how to swim I think my immediate reaction would be to jump into the body of water LOL. Stupid but I think that just a normal reaction. But thank the good Lord I know how to swim haha. So I'd save the kid!

of course i would save the kid
i'm the first to react in those kind of situations

I'm a lifeguard so that is my job so yeah ill save him.

The problem is, if you're not trained for it, you may drown along with the victim.

um... @.@ it depends how heavy/light the kid is & how deep the water is rofl.
cuz if they're in really deep water & are really heavy..
there's like no chance of me being able to save them XDD
so i'd try to find someone else to save them @.@

I can swim, so yes.. if no one else was around I would totally do it xD but my body is not very strong, so if someone stronger was around I would ask them to do it..

of course if you can't swim you can't physically go save him but what you can do is yelll for help while trying to find something to pull him to the side or throw a floatation device so he has something to grasp onto.

i'm a lifeguard so i would definitely save the kid. fat or not i was taught to save them!

If no one's around, and I'm sure no one's around, then he's pretty much screwed.

I've saved a kid from drowning before (she slid down on the water slide but missed the floaties). Thinking back on it now, I don't think I could just stand there and watch. My body moved before I had time to even think about it.

And yes, it's dangerous if you don't know how to do it. My parents' schoolmates (like ten of them and a teacher) jumped into a river to save one drowning kid and all of them ended up drowning.

I wouldn't because I can't swim.

This actually brings me back memories when I was out of town with my bf at this hot springs. We were at the cold pool and while my bf was being distracted, I was looking at a kid who looked as if she was drowning. I wasn't sure if she was or not so I asked my bf "is she drowning?", and my bf saw her and picked her up. And then the parents came by and then there was a big scene after. I looked like an idiot because I was the first one to see her drown but didn't do anything. I am so dumb.

i throw rock at the kid or somethang...
maybi get some food n sit down eat n keep throw rock..

If I could swim, yes I would save him no matter what. Unfortunately, I can't swim. I would try my best and go call for help or throw him a rope or something and pull him out. O.o

That didn't even make sense.

i would if i knew how to swim..i think i would start drowning before i get to the victim..lol

Right now, if I saw a little kid drowning in the pool, I would risk my life and go save him because I can't swim.
I cannot swim but I will risk my life for the little kid. ^.^

I would totally save a drowning person...if I knew how to swim >_>

I know how to swim so i'd save em. Who the heck would just stare at the kid and wait for someone to come help? ...

I'd probably be screaming and throwing unhelpful objects at him.

I can't swim, so I would hope people could hear me yelling.

But if I found a rope or something, that would be a plus.

if i can swim, then i would dive into the water and save the kid, but that is only if i can swim though ><

If he's in a pool or a lake, yes I would save him.

But a river? I don't think I could. We'd both die from the currents.

haha, already happened to me once when i was younger and on vacation. my mom made me and my bro take swimming lessons when we were little so yeah. except in my situation there were a few people around. my dad and i were packing up to go back up the the hotel room and this little boy looked like he was flailing around a bit in the water. his family was too busy taking pictures somewhere near the beach entrance. it took me like, a second to figure out that he was drowning though >_> i thought he was playing around. my dad and i both ended up jumping into the pool at the same time anyway. turned out that the kid thought it would be cool to take off his floaties.

It's been about 5 years since I've swam, but in a dangerous/urgent situation, I will try to help because it's a normal reation for me. I can't stand seeing someone... dying, knowing I could have maybe saved them. :/
If I try to swim, and fail, then I'll call for help, try to find useful objects, throw it at the kid.
If I can swim, but with hesitation, I'll try to find myself some rope/string/floatable things and swim towards the kid with the help of those.
Then again, if it's a river, I can't really swim since the currents will be too strong for me.

yes ofcourse!
i know how to swim..

I can't swim... but I can yell for help like madly.

I would definitely rescue the kid since I can swim. I wouldn't know how to do cpr though if he wasn't breathing, then I would just call 911 if that happened.

i would save him : )
i know lifeguard stuff soo, yeh

yeah, i know how to swim.

i would try my best to save him;
most likely though ill die with the
kid T__T

I know how to swim but I haven't swam in years..so IDK. I think I would at least try to save the kid or maybe call someone with my phone and then save him

well...i know how to swim but ive never saved anyone before, and im not exactly sure if im strong enough to carry another person around in the water...
but i would probably try ^^;;

I would save the kid. I know how to swim.

I would save the kid. If I know how to swim...

Yes, I am a good swimmer. So I'd save him. Even if I couldn't I'd probably try...

I really don't understand how people drowned in a pools though (assuming they are in fine health conditions.) I am not trying to be offensive, but as long as you move your arms and legs you'll tread water. I...just...don't understand how it happens, to they freeze in fear or something? (and I am talking about kids older than 6 here, obviously. Little kids don't have much common sense)

Now thinking about it...I guess panic could set in and cause them to not stay above water. But hmm, every parent should teach their child to swim, it's a valuable thing to have. If I didn't know how to swim I'd learn, you never know what situation could arise where that skill is useful. And it's not hard - you can teach babies to swim. I understand some people are afraid of the water but isn't a comfort knowing that if you'd HAVE to swim you could?

i would most likely jump in and try to save the kid :]

Lol, this all depends on the situation.

I hate myself for being like this, but I don't like helping people I don't like (er if that made any sense), even if it means letting them die, I probably would. If I don't like them, who cares.

But if it was a stranger, someone I don't hate, I'd definitely go save them.

Save the kid.

But I know how to do it and I know how to swim.
I also know rescue breathing and CPR if he/she needed it.

Hahaa. No. I cant swim >_>
ROFL.
If i could probably..
Depends if the kids fat or not.. o.o...
Not to be rude but im not that strong D:

okay well im not the best swimmer ever.
i mean, i can swim a for a certain length of time so i'd at least try to save them.
if they're in too deep water i'd be too scared and ill just scream for help.
especially since you would have to pick the child up and swim at the same time. >__<
i can't do that. but i think im just good enough at swimming so i wouldn't drown. XD

i would just test my luck and try to save the kid
even though i cant swim ahaa~
maybe buddha would see the good deed & save us both xD


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