Marine Corp 101 when a swimmer struggles and makes it difficult to rescue punch them in the face or knock them out then take them to safety

That dude standing there talking, saying he aint gonna get in the water. What a coward. I mean all those people just stand in there. Video and not helping that guy just ridiculous. Man just shows you the world we live in now.

I don't understand.. did you see how good he swim to that log 🪵🤷 but the second that thing slipped from under him he forgot how to swim 😳 this is just weird

Never, never swim up directly to a person drowning. They are 100% panicking and will always grab u to try to stay afloat, every single time. Throw something temp that floats, a cooler, etc. if u have 2, swim up from the back, reach ur arm under n around the persons arms at the chest, pull them back so their head is floating on your shoulder. Then u can swim backwards to a safe location. If they still get ahold of u, duck and pull them below the water w u, they will instinctively let go, trying to get back to the surface 2 breathe. Once u can get them in the correct rescue position, then u can bring them to dry land..hopefully u never have 2 do, but if so, remember this..

The Buffalo Police Department Underwater Rescue and Recovery Team pulled two bodies from the Niagara River at the Foot of Ferry Monday afternoon. Crews pulled 29-year-old Mario Guthrie and 46-year-old Scott Vater, both of Buffalo, from the river. In a news conference, police said the two men entered the water near a circular current of water.Buffalo Police Dept. Captain Jeff Rinaldo said one of the men was trying to recover some driftwood and began to struggle, and the other man tried to help. An eyewitness told News 4, the one man told her he collected driftwood to make furniture. He was getting read to jump in to retrieve a piece floating in the river when another man offered to jump in for him.