Please Let Me Live!

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James s F. Jun 19, 2008, 1:54am EDT

True story. I lived.
My 3 year old recently hit 30 while in Iraq, and made it home safe too.

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Vic Needs Coffee Jun 19, 2008, 2:17am EDT

Wow, that would be very scary. I'm glad you are both safe.

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Wilhelmine Estabrook Jun 19, 2008, 8:12am EDT

Good thing this piece wasn't any longer. I forgot to breathe while reading it.

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donna h. Jun 19, 2008, 8:24am EDT

I am glad you child is home safe, years ago when I was a teen we were jumping waves. All of sudden there was no bottom and we realized that we went out pretty far. I yelled to my friend to catch a wave, he didn't hear me...I rode a wave back...I turned around and the life guards were getting him.

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carol r. Jun 20, 2008, 3:07am EDT

ohhh thats scary.

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James s F. Jun 29, 2008, 2:44am EDT

I gave up diving at that point too. I'll snorkel, but don't go down with a tank and weight belt. What I can reach and see with just my own lung power is deep enough for me.

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jeni e. Jun 29, 2008, 8:53pm EDT

I looked up and saw three children go under. They had drifted off a sand bar. The parent was relaxing, thinking what, God only knows. I screamed to my son who was 12 and he started swimming out to them. I grabbed our cooler and dumped the contents on the ground, out we went. By this time the children were pulling on each other desperately trying to swim to shore. Well, we saved them. I thought I was going to have a heart attack! The parent could not swim! I was thankful that we were there, it is unbelievable to me that she showed no concern about the incident nor did she thank us. So...I marched over to her and made sure the children were alright and told the ignorant so and so off and we left.

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Corinne M. Jul 5, 2008, 7:27pm EDT

Scary! Glad you survived!

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Melanie S. Jul 6, 2008, 11:21am EDT

Scary. Glad that both you & your son made it safely back home.

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Quinn (aka Entwife) Blackburn Jul 24, 2008, 10:05am EDT

I once got caught in the current at Swallow Falls in Maryland... went over the first set of falls involuntarily and used everything I had to get out of the water before the 2nd set of falls... the Big ones lol.... dragged myself up onto a rock to see a couple and their elderly mother. Gran smiles at me and says... "Nothing like river water, huh?"

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Quinn (aka Entwife) Blackburn Jul 24, 2008, 10:05am EDT

She's lucky I didn't throw her in to find out for herself lol

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Quinn (aka Entwife) Blackburn Jul 24, 2008, 10:05am EDT

..
U wishing you laughter

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Robert - just a simple man - B. Aug 17, 2008, 2:03pm EDT

I have to laugh. True terror, near death; it's only a personal perspective isn't it. At least you had someone waving from the shore. My own terror is one of solitude.

I am glad you posted this link on my "Drowning" article, otherwise I may not have this momentary smile on my face:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=36631&articleId=281474977377100

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