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Originally Posted by Cherie
The suggestion now is she went to retrieve a tennis ball that had gone in the river and she fell in and was dragged down by the heavy clothing she was wearing
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from DM comments:
Bill, Buffalow, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
As a dive instructor for many years I can say wet clothes do not weigh you down. To do that the water within the clothes would have to be denser than the surrounding water, which of course it isn't. The wet clothes just makes it more difficult to swim ie it takes more effort !!!