George Lombardi: Don't go in the water

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4.4 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2012

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In the Indian Ocean, doctor George Lombardi makes use of the most important lesson his mother ever taught him: floating. "Let me give you one of the morals early on: No bonding experiences with somebody you're about to fire."

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0:00.0	A science story, huh?
0:04.0	Is NYU scientist the...
0:06.0	I felt...
0:07.0	I was so...
0:09.0	And I just thought, well...
0:10.0	It was that golden moment.
0:12.0	Because science was on my side.
0:15.0	...theid... Hey everyone. I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider,
0:30.7	where we bring you true stories of how science has affected people's lives.
0:34.7	This week's story is from George Lombardi.
0:41.0	The story was recorded in July 2012 at Union Hall in Brooklyn. The theme of that night was Medical Misadventures. Don't go in the water. Don't go in the water, don't go near the water, don't go in the water. Don't go in the water.
0:54.8	Don't go in the water.
0:56.1	Don't go near the water.
0:57.7	Don't go in the water.
0:59.1	Her voice became increasingly strident.
1:03.4	Ma, why did we come to the beach for?
1:07.6	She gave me the look.
1:09.2	The look that asked, am I raising a stupid child?
1:12.6	And then she answered, for the sun, for the salt there, for the sand,
1:18.6	there's a lot of fun we can have here, just don't go in the water.
1:22.6	This was my mother and this was my childhood.
1:26.6	Why she had such a deep fear and a version of the water we never figured out.
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