This is terrible, but what were they thinking? Open water kayaking is not something for small kids. Most of them just can’t swim that well and they lose body heat so very fast.

Survival time for a 30-pound kid in 60 degree water is like 15 minutes. If you’re not near land, in other words, that kid is as good as dead if something goes wrong.

Also, most people never train how to right a kayak that’s flipped and they were probably unable to do so. It’s not easy, especially if you’re not a water natural. The kids would’ve had problems swimming after just a few minutes at that water temperature. Stupid, stupid, and the kids paid with their lives.