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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Challenger" data-source="post: 496161" data-attributes="member: 31551"><p>Back when the kids were about 8 to 10 years old, the wife and I took them and their cousins to a waterpark in The Dells. We took turns watching the kids and swimming. After lunch we decided to go to the wave pool, I went first and it tired me out and I am a strong swimmer. The wife went in and it took a minute or so for the wave to get going. Once it was up to I could tell she had not timed it right and was going under. I could see it in her eyes but there was no flailing or vocal cues. I took lifeguard lessons as a teenager but never got certified. I tried to get a guard to help but they weren't seeing her. I jumped in and got to her quickly. She is just a litte woman at 4'10" and maybe 110#. When she realized I was there she grabbed onto me and started trying to push herself up while pushing down on my head. I have to say it took everything I had to get both of us out and once out it took the rest of the day for me to recover. None of the lifeguards even noticed what was going on. Needless to say the wife gave up on wave pools after that day.</p></blockquote><p></p>