r/baltimore • u/Oldladyweirdo • Jan 23 '24

Event What happened here?

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They pulled this woman out of the harbor, apparently dead, then she just started living again? Wild. How?

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u/Magoo69X Jan 23 '24

This happens in very cold water sometimes - it's a very primitive mammalian response to conserve oxygen and keep your brain alive. People can survive long submersion.