You can't Swim in the OCEAN?

by Bree Whalen
(Long Beach CA, USA)

A 18 year old saw me surfing one day and he said, "Hey Bree can you teach me how to swim?"

I said "Yeah sure." So i took him in the pool and showed him the basics and he got a handle on it.

When we got out the Ocean was at high tide. We were diving over the waves and all of a sudden, i didn't see him.

I dove down and got him, pulled him up to the surface and he was unconscious. I pulled him to the beach, my mother being a paramedic, i did CPR on him.

His mother ran over to me and said, "Why did you bring him out! He doesn't know how to swim!"

I looked at him and said, "You can't swim in the OCEAN?"

He grinned and shook his head no.

So guys, for the sake of your instructor...

LEARN HOW TO SWIM.