Such a weird story. Everyone there said it didnt look like he was being serious when he asked for help, even when one of the guys went to get him he said it didnt feel like he was really drowning so he let him go.

 

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/...owning-accident

They thought he was joking when he was asking for help. Wtf?

 

It doesn't look like what you expect. When I ran a sea base for the Boy Scouts we used a similar video to make people aware.

I hope drinking wasn't involved, but I am guessing it was and contributed. The guy that left him out there must feel awful

It doesn't look like what you expect. When I ran a sea base for the Boy Scouts we used a similar video to make people aware.

 

Living on Lake Michigan we get a lot of this associated with rip tides and people walking on the pier when there are 10+ foot waves going on. Just know that if you see a red flag on Lake Michigan or in the ocean, don't go past your ankles. Typically the victims are very healthy adults who don't think they will have a problem. When you get rip tides there isn't a person on this earth who can beat it. The thing that throws everyone off is you are never supposed to swim towards the shore because the current is flowing against you. Swim parallel to the shore until you feel the pull of the tide stop working against you. Then swim in.

 

People die literally all summer long from this stuff.

Crazy thing about the rip currents is they are almost never more than 20 or 30 yards wide. People feel like they're supposed to swim parallel to shore mile after mile, but really you get out of them in like 30 seconds most of the time. If you know what you're doing you can use them on purpose to speed you up when swimming out.

Wow, can't imagine how the friend feels who went out in the water but decided he was joking and turned his back as Donny drown. Horrible.

Terrible terrible tragedy. Very sad about this and wish the best for all the survivors.

really sad. He was the top prep prospect to not enter the draft and go to college. Was banged up the first part of the year but pitched well in the second half and was throwing high 90s even hitting 100. Was probably going to be the next great vandy pitcher.

Crazy thing about the rip currents is they are almost never more than 20 or 30 yards wide. People feel like they're supposed to swim parallel to shore mile after mile, but really you get out of them in like 30 seconds most of the time. If you know what you're doing you can use them on purpose to speed you up when swimming out.

 

Those are fun when you are going out on a board. I've never done it while swimming, I was listening to a guy that said he felt he was being pulled under as well as out.

 

The guy that was helping him wasn't a great swimmer so the decision to leave him behind wasn't just because he didn't seem to be drowning.

This is one of the best primers I have seen done on what rip tides actually look like. The clips where they have the dye in the water so you can see the flow are pretty astounding. This is a spectacular visual on what is happening when rip tides actually happen.

 

http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/ripcurrentscience/welcome.html