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How Drowning Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Dry Drowning and Asphyxiation

10 to 20% of drowning victims don't have any water in their lungs whatsoever. They just, they died before their layering stops spasming. That was never even called dry drowning too. This one's called secondary drowning. But again, if you go to like the CDC or the World Health Organization, they're like, those don't exist. Stop calling them that. It's drowning and you can actually die of drowning days afterward.

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