Pretty Cool, Boy swims an hour to help his family

[HangOutdoors]

Boy, 7, swims an hour to rescue his dad and little sister | Fox News

Pretty cool, happened in Florida.

 

[tdonoughue]

Brave kid.

 

[sunbyrned]

Hate to say it, but I’m skeptical. I guess I’ve been watching too much Forensic Files. Hopefully I’m wrong.

 

[rad1026]

So, you are so occupied fishing you let your 7 year old kid in the water without a life jacket, in a river with a strong current. You don't know the river has a strong current? People drown every year like that. Just jump in the water without a life jacket to cool off and the wind or current is so strong it is moving the boat away from them at 15 MPH. I just don't understand what people think. He was very, very luck they didn't all die.

 

[RobbieO]

Isn't there gators in them rivers? Lucky kid.

 

[adrianp89]

Good for the kid, but yeah the dad isn't the brightest. This could have been resolved or prevented in other ways.

 

[anmut]

What am I missing here... they all jumped off a perfectly good boat to go rescue each other in the water? Dad didn't use the life jackets, throwables, and BOAT he had on hand when he realized his kids were floating away? The f...

 

[sunbyrned]

I watched the interview. The father told the boy to swim to shore. The dad then got tired and let the girl drift away from him.(?) The kids weren’t on the boat to begin with. They were playing in the water behind the boat while the dad fished. WOW!

 

[TimW451]

❤ Happy Ending
Dad's parenting (and boating) skills

 

[Robconn]

This warm fuzzy news story screams child endangerment! Father couldn’t be more obtuse and wreck-less.