No redneck jokes please, even though it may be tempting.
Brenda
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:44 pm
Or Darwin-award ones...
raydan
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:50 pm
Ohh, definitely a Darwin award for all 4 of them. They're a shoe-in for that.
Sympathy for the family.
When I try to picture this, it comes out looking like a Monty Python skit.
Brenda
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:53 pm
It's just not funny. It would have been if they survived...
Can you imagine what has gone through those kids' minds?
RUEZ
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:20 pm
How do four adult males jump into a lake one after another and drown one after another?
Brenda
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:48 pm
Panic and hypothermia, is my best guess.
QBC
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:12 pm
Chances are that the one guy who couldn't swim was panicked and could very well have been the deciding factor in the others deaths. He could very well, in his panic, have hurt the others who were trying to save him, as the others tired or became injured it was only a matter of time and like Brenda said, water temp would have robbed them of heat and strength. Plus with the boat drifting away.....
Two were brothers and I'd imagine the others were close friends, they would have done anything and did to try and save one another. It's sad that not one of them took a second to think rationally and rescue their friends by maneuvering the boat close and then dragging them in.
This is indeed a sad story and I can't imagine the toll on those kids. My condolences to the families.
Yogi
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:43 pm
This sure hits 'close to home'. Brenda got it right on the button! Hypothermia, and panic are definite possibilities.
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