Couldn't save them
Hey guys not sure if this is the right sub to even post this in but I just went through a drowning event and I need a clarification so that I can stop thinking about this,
I'm on vacation right now abroad and I was trained to be a lifeguard at a regular pool back in the USA and I'm at the beach. It was about 9 pm and I was on a beach walk with my lil cousin and I heard screaming out in the water. So there was one guy watching from the beach and I figured they were having fun and then I realized that the guy in the water maybe 15-20m off shore was screaming for help and there was a guy face down drowning next to him. So I told the guy I can try and help because I'm a lifeguard in USA and he understood broken English but anyways I jumped in and more people started coming and one threw me like a boogie board I think they're called and so I swam out to the guy already face down because I figured oh the other guy had more survival chance, but I think this is where I fucked up bad here because I got to the guy put the board on top flipped him and kept airway elevated but he was foaming at the mouth and I was hitting his chest and shouting while trying to swim back but the current kept pulling me further so I tried to leave him and look for the other guy but I couldn't find the other one and at that point I realized I was going too far and had to save myself from drowning as well and paramedics/emergency was called but nobody came until like 30 mins later.
I'm pretty petrified so if anyone could offer some advice I'd appreciate it.