Yeah I was gonna say even if you know how to swim when your chest gets enveloped by cold water you will likely forget how to swim for an few seconds unless you have experienced cold water shock before. It’s a very disorienting sensation that can kill people.
He also was presumably clothed. I’m a fairly strong swimmer (and, uh, naturally buoyant) but clothed, in cold fresh water, I would have really struggled.
Yeah I was gonna say even if you know how to swim when your chest gets enveloped by cold water you will likely forget how to swim for an few seconds unless you have experienced cold water shock before. It’s a very disorienting sensation that can kill people.
He also was presumably clothed. I’m a fairly strong swimmer (and, uh, naturally buoyant) but clothed, in cold fresh water, I would have really struggled.