Cairo: An 18-year-old Egyptian died after rescuing six people from drowning off the coast of Alexandria, turning what began as a heroic rescue into a tragedy.
According to local authorities, Ziad Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud spotted several people struggling in the water after strong waves carried them away from the shoreline at Bitash Beach in the city’s Agami district.
Without hesitation, he entered the sea and managed to bring the six people safely back to shore. However, as he attempted to return himself, he was overpowered by the waves and swept out to sea.
I feel like there is detail missing here. I don’t understand how he rescued all six people without also getting himself back. Did he go back out to look for a seventh person?
My interpretation was he went out, brought one back. Rinse repeat. As for bringing the last person, maybe it was bad timing and they got close to shore and the last person was strong enough to complete the trek, but he was not, given that he just rescued several people?
I’m just guessing here.
If somebody’s untrained moving that many people out of danger in the water could certainly cause enough exhaustion to kill you.
Lifeguard at a pool has an elevated position and can jump pretty damn close to people, and even then they have a personal flotation device that they can use to get somebody to the edge of a pool pretty quickly.
Exactly. How did he NOT come back to shore with the sixth person.
Accepted to a football club but couldn’t afford it. In a socialist state, that wouldn’t be an issue.
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I never learned to swim. If you see me on the shore, while you’re drowning, I’ll be one of the people pointing at you.
If you ever fall in the water remember you don’t need to be able to swim to float! Try to stay calm and pull a big breath of air into your lungs to make you more buoyant. Put your chest towards the sky and lean your head back. Spread your arms over your and and open your legs a bit like you’re making a snow angel. Take small breaths so you keep as much air as possible in your lungs. Call for help! Obviously harder in choppy water than calm, but you don’t need to expend energy dog paddling while you wait for someone to notice and help.
Thank you for sharing this
What a Chad! That’s the way I wanna go out
