2026-09-06 00:17 UTC
Good for her!!!! "A former lifeguard, Tomlinson dove into the water. When she reached the car, it was mostly submerged and the passenger was holding onto it.
"I was very assertive and I told him that he was not to touch me, he was not to put his arms around me, that that would mean we would both drown," Tomlinson recalled.
"I told him that he is going to lie on his back and I am going to hold his head and I'm going to bring him in."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mooneys-bay-rideau-river-suv-crash-9.7074506
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@CStamp@mastodon.social 2026-09-06 00:18
"Later that day, Tomlinson went to work as a teacher and told her students about what happened. "I felt it was so important to impress upon them the ability to swim. The driver was not a strong swimmer but he could keep his head up ... the other person couldn't swim and didn't know what to do," she said. "I really think the takeaway from this whole thing is that you really need basic swimming skills because you never know what situation you're going to be in."