rescue buoy
Thrown flotation device
A rescue buoy is a flotation device used to aid someone in distress in water.
The most common type is the torpedo-shaped buoy lifeguards carry when swimming out to struggling swimmers.
Rescue buoys provide something for the victim to grab onto while being towed to safety: The lifeguard reached her with the rescue buoy just as she went under.
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
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rescue buoyanchor
Secures ships to seabed
depth charge · deadweight · sinker · weight · lead weight
rescue buoyabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
neglect · death trap · hazard · obstruction · impediment
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