# Kid drowns 1 hour AFTER swimming...

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**Created:** [June 6, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kid-drowns-1-hour-after-swimming/49651 "2008-06-06T17:35:03Z")
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### Author: ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kid-drowns-1-hour-after-swimming/49651/9 "2008-06-06T19:13:14Z")

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> [@HotRodKid](#):
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> get just enough water in your lungs and you slowly asphyxiate because your slowly building up co2 in your system
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> just like having a really big bag taped over your head … might take an hour to die, but you do eventually die
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> and it probably didnt help that he layed down, allowing the water to cover more surface area in his lungs

Ding Ding Ding…thats it right there. He layed down. When you lie down if you have fluid in your lungs it allows the liquid to coat the back half of your lungs causing you to drown. When sitting up, it pools to the bottom. Think of it like a pop bottle.

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