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bozho t1_iwftd8h wrote

Reply to comment by Blutarg in TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed. by lemontreelemur

If you can scream, you can breathe.

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South_Data2898 t1_iwifiat wrote

Lol. Not even close to how that works. Just because you can exhale does not mean you can inhale.

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bozho t1_iwiry25 wrote

In the context of active drowning, to what my original comment was referring, it does. Once your mammalian drowning reflex takes over, your airways close up to prevent you from inhaling water and you are not making much noise.

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