@xoxosantana After 8 weeks of ISR we did our last test in heavy (Miami) winter clothes and sneakers and Bebe did so good 🏊♂️🩵🥹 best money I ever spent! #isr#isrswimlessons#watersafety♬ Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride - Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu & Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus
A viral video showing a Miami mom pushing her 1-year-old son into a pool has people talking, but it's not what it looks like.
Rachel Santana Krtausch's son James was fully dressed in winter clothes and sneakers when she pushed him into the water during what turned out to be his final assessment after eight weeks of Infant Swimming Resource lessons, a survival-swimming program that teaches babies and toddlers how to recover if they accidentally fall into water. James calmly rolled onto his back and floated within seconds while his certified instructor watched closely nearby.
Krtausch told PEOPLE the heavy clothing was intentional, meant to simulate a realistic emergency rather than a swimsuit-and-sunny-day scenario.
Krtausch, a registered nurse in South Florida, said the exercise was the product of eight weeks of structured training, not a spur-of-the-moment stunt, and she's since launched a scholarship to help another Miami family afford the $1,400 program.
