First, Rozzie...crusty and jaded??????

Second, it's a miracle that either of them were found alive...but both and separately...WOW!

yes, I too thought how could he have left his son slip away? especially after talking to him for hours which means they must have been pretty close together at one time. But currents are so hard to predict and since dad couldn't really communicate in the normal way: 'son, I want you to float on your back and kick towards my voice'...that the dad couldn't 'catch up' . (but yep, I would have died trying.)

I was caught in a rip once and even though I swam parallel to shore (as we were taught to do), it felt like I swam FOREVER before I could get back in to shore. And I was exhausted. As I passed the lifeguard tower, a voice boomed: I was watching you but it looked like you had things under control. DUH...I was just too embarrassed to SCREAM bloody murder.

Oh dear...off topic memory...please don't ban me!