Learning to be prepared

This needs work but would appreciate your thoughts on whether this form holds water - no pun intended (okay, pun totally intended).

Fact: Drowning victims are dangerous,

deadly.

True Story: Father, 32, dies from bite to throat

inflicted during failed rescue

of toddler from family pool.

Instructions: Approach from below.

The difference between you and them

is that you are not drowning.

Maintain this difference at all costs.

Lesson: A 20lb weight sunk at the deep end

approximates your husband's body

should his lungs become filled with water.

There is a trick in using the shoulder to bear the weight.

There is a trick in keeping one hand free at all times.

Practice: Keeping head space above water,

smooth, constant motion below in progressively faster circles.

Be prepared to suspend breathing.

Be prepared to submerge.