>From lifeguard training years ago: if a panicked, drowning person is grabbing at you and pulling you under, all you have to do is hold your breath and go under the water. The person will let go. You can then approach them from the rear and grab them in the correct way if you know the proper technique, or surface a little farther away and figure out another approach. Sounds like common sense but many people don't think of this when they are being "attacked." Courtney *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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