Submitted by lemontreelemur t3_yvg986 in todayilearned
Reply to comment by KillerJupe 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
Not to be a douche or overly PC or anything, but what does his race have to do with the rest of the comment?
you’re not bein a douche
Most uncalled for
Asian fishing is mysterious and inscrutable.
WhereI am it’s pretty common for many, not all, Asian fishermen to go out and not have any clue how to swim or how to get back on their boat.
Most people would think they are crazy or stupid.
By saying Asian fisherman I was explaining why someone would be on the water and be unable to swim. They had no business on the water as they put their lives and others in danger.
It might come across as racially prejudicial, but the vast majority of kayak rescues, where I worked, are Asian guys who can’t swim and their buddies are terrified to help… because they can’t swim either.
It is actually true that a lot of people in Asia don’t know how to swim. I live in Vietnam and I have personally resuscitated someone after drowning. I have several other friends who have saved drowning victims. I’ve heard of friends of friends dying because they fell in a lake and no one else could jump in and save them. Drowning is the number one cause of death for children here. None of my Vietnamese friends can swim, even ones who grew up on the coast. When I go on vacation here and to other Asian countries I often see groups of tourists wearing life jackets in waist high water.
That said, I do a lot of scuba diving and the all the boat captains I’ve met do know how to swim.
There are always exceptions to the “norm.”
Not every old fat white guy in Texas is a racist MAGA supporter… but a lot are ;)
Chinese fishermen atleast are notorious for fishing where they have zero rights to fish so they just turn of the radar, which is also illegal and an endangerment to nearby vessels.
Yes, notorious Chinese industrial fishers and their kayaks.
Nothing telling about you immediately jumping to this point from "Asian businessman" at all.
I bet he was illegal whaling in his kayak. Classic Chinese industrial fisherman
Ah true xD forgot the Kayak was mentioned. Sorry I AM quite sleepy.
For what it’s worth. Turning off your own radar doesn’t stop other boats from seeing you with their radar. Their radar sends radio waves out, then measures the time it takes until it detects the reflection.
You are thinking of Automatic Identification System. I’m not sure what the laws are about turning one off if you have one, but you aren’t required by law to have one if you are under 65ft in the US. IDK about china.
I don't recall the specifics either and yeah makes more sense. Thanks for the correction.
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