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- bgrah449, on 09/10/2008, -4/+49Dugg despite the stupid title and description, because the story is awesome.
- Blurker, on 09/11/2008, -0/+37If you'll excuse me, I have to go hug my 3 year old and buy him a pony.
- igothugeguns, on 09/10/2008, -1/+27Floating alone for 8 hours thinking your son is dead? Are you kidding me? And they call water boarding torture.
- ks136, on 09/10/2008, -0/+21HisVaderness, you have officially made my week with this one. What an amazing story!
- ieataquacrayons, on 09/12/2008, -0/+19It's been said above about 15 different ways but we really need more stories like this on Digg.....
- HisVaderness, on 09/10/2008, -2/+20I'll hand it to you, the title and description are kinda apocolyptic but the media has really been pissing me off lately. It doesn't matter what party you like, there just isn't any news.
- thestrongrope, on 09/10/2008, -0/+11Thanks for bringing something a little better to my attention than all the daily crap. :)
- MikeyMoose, on 01/30/2009, -0/+11Remember - when caught in a rip - don't fight it by trying to swim directly to the shore. You'll tire quickly. Rips are pretty narrow currents - swim across it - parallel to the shore until you're not moving away anymore. You're now out of the rip and can swim toward land. Failing that - ride it out - better that you save your energy for staying afloat, than fighting a loosing battle with the current. I'm no survival expert, but I was a lifeguard who worked a lot of beaches in eastern Canada with some mean rips!
http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/overview.shtml - HisVaderness, on 09/10/2008, -0/+10glad I could help
- inactive, on 09/10/2008, -0/+9Wow that was a touching story. I have a cousin in autism and I can picture this event perfectly. Amazing. Great digg, Vader.
- inactive, on 09/10/2008, -0/+9Because so much of it is noise, I think.
- herohue, on 09/12/2008, -2/+11This reminds me of the time my father and i were swimming in our pool and he fell asleep on the big lounge float and we drifted apart. My God what a terrifying experience.
- brightlight4, on 09/10/2008, -0/+8What an incredible story!!! Nice to see that thinking of his daughter also helped keep the father alive when all hope was lost for him, believing his son had drowned.
- jgoodstein, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5finally something good out of Florida.. are we on our way up ?
- atomysk, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5So, how long before Disney makes a film about the events which took place? It'll be a family friendly "Open Water".
Seriously though, this is a wonderful story and has already ensured that I will have a great day. I'm always inspired when I read stories like this. - thedogfatherx, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5Hhahaahahaa......god that was a good one. Thank you.
- Pyroteq, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5How to act when caught in a rip should be common knowledge taught to ANYONE who plans on going into the ocean at the beach.
- jthei, on 09/12/2008, -1/+6Description is better with quotations.
"All I ever read lately is news about how Sarah Palin eats babies or Barack Obama is the AntiChrist. I'm sick of it and I found this refreshing and touching," Walter Marino shouted to his 12-year-old son, Christopher, as he drifted farther away in the Atlantic Ocean.
makes Mr. Marino look like an irrelevant and heartless bastard. - Memitim, on 09/12/2008, -0/+4Title was a bit much but the description just made me nod. Two more months and the ***** has gotten tired as hell already. So he is right about this being a nice, positive change of pace.
- oldhick, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3Thanks. We had no idea...
- cgjamj, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3Miraculous story. I saw this on the news earlier in the week and it absolutely made my day. The father's excitement after getting rescued and knowing his son was safe says it all. I can't imagine the torture he went through for so many hours after no longer hearing his son responding to him.
- illDecree, on 09/12/2008, -0/+3DUGG!
That's really awesome. I'd like to think I could hold on that long.... - boulderomen, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2Is that an actual picture?
- noncn4mst, on 04/15/2009, -0/+2I didn't want to dig you up, but I just had to.
- Stevethegreat, on 09/12/2008, -0/+2If describing reality is ruining the vibe for you, then you had the wrong vibe to begin with. Reserve your good emotions for things that deserve them...
- Blurker, on 09/12/2008, -1/+3Waiter, could you please fill his glass. It's half empty.
- MicrosoftBob, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Way to ruin the whole vibe of the story with your reductionism.
- Stevethegreat, on 09/12/2008, -1/+2No, that's what our ancestral past dictated us to do. We have encoded in our genes to love our kids so much so that we would give our lives for them, since their genes which are partly ours would have more chances to spread. We also have encoded in our genes to be territorial, incredibly violent, racist, sexist and many other not so pleasurable characteristics.
There would be hope for the humanity if he had saved another man's kid because this would mean that he goes AGAINST his genetic health for humanistic reasons, and that's EXACTLY what many organizations that arose after the first half of 20th century do, defy their genetic fitness for the humanity's fitness, look at doctors without boarders for example and the are other countless examples of such organizations BEYOND the big hotshot names that everyone knows.
In other words there are already countless of examples of why we should have faith/hope for humanity but that's NOT one of them, fathers saved their children for countless centuries, but this never stopped them to kill the man from the other tribe. The very reason that we are unwilling to harm people who are outside our genetic lineage is remarkable and one of the few in history, THAT's what we should celebrate. - exgiexpcv, on 09/12/2008, -1/+2Dude, he's just expressing gratitude for something that gives him hope for humanity. Did you miss that part? Your concerns are real, and perfectly valid, but that's no reason to piss in someone's drink because they're happy to see good news.
- Ismith988, on 09/11/2008, -2/+3my hope in humanity has been recovered!
- TTTrouble, on 09/12/2008, -4/+5This type of news is refreshing and always good to hear about.
However, politics determines the way this country is run and has a direct affect on your life and future. There is a reason it is given so much attention.
I'm not agreeing with the style in which the political climate is currently being reported, just that in a democracy this information has a high priority to be disseminated.
hehe, disseminated. =) - apextek, on 09/12/2008, -2/+3sarah palin eats babies with mustard and relish. Its a fact
- djshui, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1Very touching story, glad the two are alright.
- burjzyntski, on 09/12/2008, -1/+2what is that supposed to mean?
IMO, salt > chlorine - tigertee, on 09/13/2008, -0/+1i think i would have given up, i hope thats not what i would have done, good story about humanity!
- solidcube, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1No, he's not just expressing gratitude, he's also minimizing the importance of the battle for the US constitution that's taking place. If he hadn't had to include that line about politics, I wouldn't have said what I said.
I'm sick of politics too, and I'm GOD DAMN sick of the necessity of thinking about it. - exgiexpcv, on 09/12/2008, -1/+1And therefore . . . Michael Savage can go suck a fish hook-covered dildo.
- jacobhill69, on 12/04/2008, -0/+0love the story
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- manzplan, on 09/10/2008, -7/+5Dugg, not only because of the great story, but agreed with the description!
- MoneyTutor, on 09/10/2008, -4/+1Pool - yes, Ocean - No.
- jiomi, on 09/12/2008, -3/+0I do like the description
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