Authorities say five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to assist another person who was struggling to swim.
Reach, throw, row, go is what we were taught when I was a kid.
Use a stick or something for them to grab if you’re close enough
Throw something buoyant attached to a rope to tow them back
Row out in a boat and use a paddle/buoy/life jacket for them to grab and tow them back, especially if in a canoe, they’ll capsize you trying to get in.
Finally, if nothing else works, go and do the stuff you said
Reach, throw, row, go is what we were taught when I was a kid.
Use a stick or something for them to grab if you’re close enough
Throw something buoyant attached to a rope to tow them back
Row out in a boat and use a paddle/buoy/life jacket for them to grab and tow them back, especially if in a canoe, they’ll capsize you trying to get in.
Finally, if nothing else works, go and do the stuff you said