Sister holds onto her little brother at the edge of a waterfall as help arrives pic.twitter.com/1FKws8JV6o
— Women Posting W's (@womenpostingws) July 30, 2024
水音は聞いてるだけで心地いいですよね。
ウォータースライダーみたいに川遊びできる場所も多いしお金もかからない。
しかし子供が一番命を落とす危険な場所は川だ。
良く晴れた日の流れも穏やかそうに見える川だって、どこで滑るかわからないし、急に深みにはまることもある。
とにかく川にはたくさんの危険が潜んでいる。
こちらの川は周囲にたくさん人がいるから人気の川遊びの場所なのだろう。
しかし、その先は全体は見えないが崖となり水が落ちる滝だ。
おそらく転落すれば滝つぼに飲まれて命をおとすだろう。
お姉ちゃんが端っこまで流されてしまった弟くんを流されまいと彼の身体にしがみつき押さえている。
幸い周囲の大人たちが異変に早く気づき助けに来てくれた。
子供は危険だと言い聞かされても目を離すと興味本位で近づいてしまう。
近くで足を滑らせたのだろうか。
本人は落ちるなどとは思わないし落ちたらどうなるかなども考えてはいない。
幸い大人たちの助けもあって無事に助かったけど、やはりこのような危険なところに小学生くらいの子供を連れて行くのは間違いの元だな。
The Society for Water Safety says that even if you wear a life jacket, you should not swim in the river. It is said that it is to get caught up in the current and get under the rock, and to create a strong current that is stronger than the buoyancy of the life jacket.
Also, it is common to drown while trying to cross the other side of the river. It is said that if it is shallow in the middle, you may be caught off guard, and if you try to cross on foot, you may drown in a place that is suddenly deep, or if you are swept away while swimming, you may fall into the depths.
Diving from bridges and rocks is also dangerous. There is actually an accident in which you fall into a complicated stream and drown before floating on the surface of the water.
Even if you don’t swim, the influence of the flow is strong in places deeper than your waist, and you may fall into the depths or be swept away when you fall. It’s not absolutely safe, but if it’s deep below the knee, the flow will have relatively little effect and the possibility of drowning can be reduced.
Point ⑥Give up when things are washed away
Sandals and hats have been dropped into the river and washed away, and there have been a series of accidents in which people fall into deep water and drown when they chase them to pick them up. It is also important to keep in mind that when things are washed away in the river, you give up without chasing them.
Point ⑦ “As soon as you arrive” and “On your way home” are dangerous
When children arrive at the river, they often get excited, saying, “I want to get into the water quickly and play!” If you change into a swimsuit, your child may try to enter the river while your parents are not watching.
When an accident occurs, there are many patterns in which children enter the river alone first and suddenly drown in the depth. Similarly, while parents are concentrating on the withdrawal work to prepare for their return on the riverbed, their children are playing in the river alone, and when they realize that they have no children. There are also cases where they are found at the bottom of the river because they can’t find the area.
Point ⑧ Play with children
A moment of drowning in a river is a momentary event. That’s why it’s not enough to “keep an eye on” children, but it’s important to “play with them as far as you can.” That way, even if a child is about to drown, parents can support him.
