A diabetic father who suffered a seizure in a swimming pool was saved by his quick-thinking children, said the Daily Mail . Martin Limon's nine-year-old son Matthew saw his father sink to the bottom of the pool and with the help of his ten-year-old sister Sarah, hauled him to the surface, holding his head above water until a lifeguard arrived.
The sound of crying babies ranks third in a list of the worst sounds in the world, according to The Guardian. Wailing babies were beaten into third place by the sounds of vomiting and microphone feedback, after a year-long worldwide survey by a professor of acoustic engineering at SalfordUniversity.
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