CreepyMcCreeperson
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If she was close enough to the boat to put the kid on it then...
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If they were away from the boat in a current, then she had to swim holding him, and probably didn’t have the energy to pull herself up. She was already tired from swimming, plus lifting a 4 year old out of the water and onto a boat.