[tgrednh]

I would save the dang kid
otherwise i would start guilttripping and be like "I KILLED HIMMM!!!!"

[christinesjuicy]

true story:
3 years ago..i was swimming at my cousins house with 2 cousins and a little girl (3 or 4 years old). she was my aunts friends granddaughter. we were supposed to watch her while she was on the little steps (on the shallow side) in the pool since she couldnt swim. then while we were talking on the shallow end of the pool...we didnt see her run to the deep end of the pool to stand on the step there. during our conversation about whatever..my cousin ross (the one facing the deep end) opened his eyes really wide and started shouting "shes drowning shes drowning!" when i look back..i see her arms above the water flailing around while her head was going up and down up and down trying to get up. i guess she thought there were more steps like on the shallow end..but there was only one..so she stepped down into the deep pool :[
i was soo scared!! me and my cousin richard started swimming over there as fast as we could while i was yelling "HELP! HELP!" when we got to the deep end, i took the step and climbed out of the pool while my cousin lifted her up above the water and i pulled her out. we sat her on the chair and she spit out water and cried nonstop saying "i couldnt breathe! when i tried to breathe i drank water!"
me and my cousins felt soooo bad and stupid and irresponsible..even now
it was our fault she almost died O_O
oh yeah..and her grandma never found out. i know..we're bad. we just didnt have the guts to tell her we almost killed her granddaughter.

[wyLUN]

If the water level is up to 1-7feet then yes. If eight feet or above, i would call for help immediately

[mandi3licious]

Oh yeah, I would. I can swim quite well and I know CPR. I had rescue training in my swimming lessons anyway. Especially since it's in a pool, it shouldn't be too hard for me to rescue them.

[Classic Example]

Of course. No doubt. If I can swim, save someone who can't.

[steph*funny]

I would definetely try to save the kid! I can swim so saving a life is like the best thing I can do

[Atmosphere.]

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

>___<;; so you are saying you can't swim, right? o.o

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.

I'm not heartless either, I just can't swim :[ And yeah I would do the same, find an object to pull them out >__<;;

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.

o__o and you are afraid of heights, but you still saved your cousin well you are very sweet ^^ and wow 5 floor apt, i don't want to imagine haha^^;;

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.

well you don't always need to be trained to save someone from drowning, i wasn't trained as a lifeguard, but i still saved my friend from drowning because she got a 취? uhh.. whats that in english.. ohh my boyfriend said it's called "CRAMP" >__<;; foot cramp, my friend got that and she was drowning, and i was in same feet length of water too ^^ so i saved her when no one was around even though i was scared and shocked cause i thought she was just playing around >__<;;

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!

lol i kind of laughed when you said even that person is fat, cause it reminds me of my friend who almost got drown at the beach, he went too far by accident and my friend who is a lifeguard too, went to save him and since he weighed like 310lb >__< my lifeguard friend weighs like 110lb and well he worked out, but still he was struggling and he couldn't help him >_______<;; so this girl lifeguard came to rescue and helped too o.o i kind of laughed cause that showed he was weak. i know it may not be funny to you, but my friends and i laughed and my lifeguard friend too, he felt so embarrassed XD =P

[NPB-XK]

Of course I'd save his *bleep* by jumping into the water like a hero and then looking messed up as I get out of the water with him/her.
But if he was surrounded by some great white sharks, I'd probably just lend him a giant stick (and poke sharks away at the same time) or throw a floater as a sign of sympathy. At least I helped him from drowning but I let him handle the sharks. *Topic question answered*
I was trained to swim in oceans (ocean diving with license <--- Yes we have license) but I'm not Steve Irwin to mess around with deadly creatures to save a random's *bleep* unless it's my girlfriend's.

Some people are acting like they got drowned. So when I "save" them, I just throw them back in the water and let them die even if they are drowning for real this time.

[CitrusFlower]

I would if I knew how to swim so I would go look for help, if I go in theirs a big chance I'll drown along

[Spiritm]

I would get him out then scream for help if his lungs have filled with water because I don't know how to do CPR
I should learn though. Seriously though I'm like a flotation device just latch on to an arm or leg and we're good!
unless it's a huge river then there's nothing I really can do except call for help and follow where he's going to try and help
him/her catch a branch etc.

[___♥miss.raelyn``]

I have noo idea, i can't swim but i can dogpaddle.
so i'd get a stick and fish the kid out, and if that dosen't work
jump it, i wouldn't want to kill the kid just waiting for someone.
though, my younger sister was that kid once and i jumped in the water
when i couldn't even swim and my feet barely touched the ground and
tried to grab a hold of her. it was so sadd, but this lady fished us both
out. she grabbed my hand and i held onto my sister's arm and yah.
she just .. pulled us up? cause we were both drowning at that point.

[`sw33tie.appl3]

I would go find someone to save him or throw in something that could float for him.
I can't swim so if I even attempted to save him,
I'd pretty much kill him and myself ><

[L.FOR.LOVE]

yeah (;
i can swim so yeah"
i wouldn't be able to live with the fact ath i did nothing if she/he had died .__.

[heart[killer]]

i would help the kid because i would think " would i just want someone to just stand there and watch while i drown"? i wouldnt want that on my conscience

[sub.lime]

Yeah I'd save the kid even though I'm not the greatest swimmer.
Let's just hope I don't end up killing myself first..

[NPB-XK]

Yeah I'd save the kid even though I'm not the greatest swimmer.
Let's just hope I don't end up killing myself first..

Let's also hope you're not gonna end up hanging on a floating corpse too...

[BobleFisk]

I would. Since it's only a kid it'll be a lot easier.
So damn hard swimming with a person your own size or bigger x____X (yes I tried cause we had to practise saving people from drowning)
But if it was an older person I would too. I'd just scream for someone to get help before I jumped xD

[vip_gd]

I can swim but I don't know if i'll save the kid ..
i'll probably throw in a floater

[Maipcrkiyl]

I can't swim.. o_O

At least four or five years ago, my sister was at a house party?
I dunno, some party.
She wasn't in the pool area, but there was actually a report that a kid drowned in the pool the next day.
She couldn't swim either, though.

[ajlee613]

lol this is a pretty funny topic,

i dont think there is much of a question for people who know how to swim tho.

like a few bucks of laundry money and uncomfortable wet boxers for a life, there isn't really much to think about lol.

but if u cant swim... there is no use jumping into the pool and having 2 people die instead of one LOL