'Most people have this assumption that knowing how to swim is actually water safety, when knowing how to swim is just knowing how to swim.'
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project has a difficult yet critical job, tracking drownings.
He said people may have a high comfort level in a pool, which is a contained environment, but the hazards increase "exponentially" at a Great Lakes beach."They should take something with them that floats like U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets, not only for the children, but also the adults," he said.
"They end up swimming on a treadmill; they end up panicking. They go from swimming to drowning victim, and they end up submerging pretty quick," he said.
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