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Re:Bomb squad warning over magnet fishing by aaron695 on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @09:21AM (#18023956)
Sadly it seems just a simple drowning and the death from someone incorrectly trying to save them -

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/theyve-tried-save-each-other...

Given this quote “And my last words to them were: ‘Stay safe, be careful. Don’t go in the water.’

I'd guess possibly not great swimmers. This is not a normal thing to say in cultures where swimming is strong.

The "magnet fishing" link is just sensationalist bullshit.

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Re:Bomb squad warning over magnet fishing by dmix on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @10:30PM (#18029318)
True it's possible the son was trying to grab something off the magnet line. It's not easy to pull larger items up manually onto the shore/vessel, based on the magnet fishing videos I've seen. He was probably wearing full clothes.

Then the father jumped in? And they both drowned.

BTW, I had to vouch for your dead comment. Not sure why it was flagged.

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