I don't know what's worse, the fact the sim drowned or the fact you seem as gutted as if it were your actual living pet gerbil.
Sims 3 maks backups of saves. My whole house was deleted and I thought I'd never be able to play it again but all I had to do was go into the saves folder and remove the word 'backup' from the previous save file. I think any mistakes are easy to fix. Of course, if a sim dies you can always just not save it and play from your last save file. If you're doing something important, save often.
Despite the length of the first post, I'm still a little sketchy on what actually happened. How long had they been swimming? Can they only get out one at a time? How much energy did the one who died have left? What traits did he have (apart from athletic)?
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