"Ahhhhhhhh!" and all I could think is how my scream is muffled, and no one can hear me. I try to take a breath , but there is no oxygen to feed my lungs. I'm falling deeper and deeper. So deep I think I'm going to go on forever. Then suddenly, I hit bottom....hard, and I bounce up. But instead of taking another bounce, I keep going up as if angels were lifting me away …
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…me, I still feel that this was a very traumatizing incident. I wouldn't jump into the deep end until about 3rd grade...that's 3 or 4 years after this happened! To this day, I won't go swimming alone! I really feel that this incident taught me the lesson that I should listen to people when they tell me not to do such dangerous, daring things. Also that I should listen to my instincts when they hear trouble.