I Nearly Drowned

I was only thirteen years old when my parents decided to take me with them on a vacation to Mexico. We were on a boat, my two twin younger sisters talking to my parents, when I decided to look into the water. So, stupidly enough, I...

Back when I lived on the Carolina coast, we were at the beach sometimes daily. We knew the ins and outs of ocean play. One sunny day, a friend turned 21. We went to the beach, and then after a long day of boogie boards and body surfing...

About five years ago I was living in Sumatera.  Almost every weekend, my friends and I used to head to this little village - it was tiny but quite a tourist destination because they were Orang Utans that came down right down to the...

I was at summer camp, around the age of 10.
I was in the lake, using a blue kick-board.  I would stop kicking every so often and reach my feet down to the ground to see how deep i was getting.  I knew I was getting deeper...

When I was 12 or 13, my family was sailing near Ibiza. I was not wearing a life preserver but I was leaning over the side and trying to touch the water. It was very wavy. My father yelled at me the very instant I fell overboard.

I...

I've heard people say, "As you drown, you see your life pass before you", and "As you drown, you see beautiful colours passing before your eyes".
Oh, yes? That wasn't the way it was for me at around 11h45 one Thursday morning in October...

I almost lost my life once in a lake called "Lenin" There was a big sign warning swimmers that many that ventured have died before here, but because there were tons of teenagers swimming like nothing it's happening then my parents of...

I’ve never cared for the water since I had a near drowning when I was 10. I fell through a frozen lake, but that is another story. This incident happened about 35 years ago. I was at the shore in CT. The tide was out and it exposes a...

I was 2 years old when I nearly drowned, it was on my parents honeymoon. I went off in the paddling pool, abroad, my mum was watching me, my dad asked her something and she got up for a moment. She turned around and I was gone. While my...

When I was fourteen, I went to Mexico with a church group. We traveled all the way there in a beat up school bus with no air conditioning.
Once we arrived, we stayed in a motel called the Escondido Courts. They had a built-in swimming...

So ive had this dream for a while to become a surfer, not to be the best surfer or compete with anyone in any way, just to get to an ability where by I can surf waves well enough to fully enjoy and appreciate the amazing feeling I get...

I was about 6 or 7 at the time. Me and my two older brothers decided to go to the river for some fun.
When we got there, my brothers just dove in right off, and started play fight with one another. I hung back for abit because I still...

When I was seven, my parents and I took a trip to Hawaii, specifically the big island. I liked to body surf in the waves, as my parents told me. I don't really remember. I do remember this, though:

I was body surfing I guess, but...

When I was very young I nearly drowned in a villa in Portugal.I slipped on some ice cream and I remember thinking that I would never get up I couldn't swim and I saw my granny and mum at the side of the pool the jumped in and I was...

The first time I was three years old... I don't remember much about this experience, except jumping into the swimming pool after my mom had said to wait, and then being scolded and made to sit in a chair and watch as my mom and brother...

I almost drowned in the swimming club's pool. I still remember well, It was Sunday afternoon, my friend & I went to College to swim.. The pool was 3.00 metres depth and I knew I couldn't swim.. but my friend said It would be...