A life jacket could have prevented this tragic event.

All of my dogs can swim- They may not be happy about it but they can swim. If I took them regularly boating or in open water they would wear life jackets.

Wow, this really confirms the importance of life jackets for me... If they had been wearing theirs, they would still be alive :(

oh wow... I am so sad. Such a heartbreaking story

This is so sad :( and some of the comments on the article are so upsetting and make me just plain mad at how harsh/cruel some people are.

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People are cruel.
Its one thing to suggest learning from a tragity its entirely another to be blaming & just plain mean.

you quoted me when making this post but I am confused, what does "they may very well of had one or life jackets" mean, I would like to respond to your posts but I am not a mind reader :confused::

That is so sad.

The boating laws there require life jackets be on boats.

I didnt think you were a mind reader...anyways.

They may have had life jackets, thats why its important to practice for emergencies, so people remember to react by putting on a life jacket instead of reacting instinctively and jumping in to save soneone in the water.

Its not always instant to pause and put on a life jacket, then jump in.

As I said that's why I annoy my kids with practice drills.

I actually was thinking while reading this about a local incident, where a family was fishing at the river. The boat flipped over all 2 of the 3 kids had on life jackets. Their dad told them to swim to shore all three boys made it, despite Keith being a strong swimmer all his life and having had a life jacket, he was using it as a seat cushion in the metal boat, only a few yards from shore in a 12 foot lagoon he drowned

Its so important to not only have life jackets present but to be wearing them when entering the water.

Keith Murphy was a great boss and personal long time family friend he was a very present if mind person who had spent his entire life on the water, fishing in the lagoons, skiing in the lakes, surfing in the ocean...I know it sounds vain in a way, but he was one of the last people you'd expect to hear of drowning especially in the calm shallow lagoon. His sons thought he was faking a cramp and going under as he was quite the prankster in his day.

If he'd have put his life jacket on even in water before trying to save the fishing poles from floating awayor he'd have made it.

Anyways I just hope people remember how import it is to wear their life jacket, just having it for compliance or good measure isn't enough no matter your swimming ability.