Narrative Essay - "Close Call"

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Close Call I was never sure what people who had had a near-death experience meant when they said, "I saw my life flash before my eyes!" until it happened to me. I did not see my whole life - just the most important parts. The reason for that, being: that day was the day I almost drowned. The date was Monday, March 12, 2012. I have heard people say that drowning is probably one of the most painful ways to die, and (speaking from a rather unfortunate personal experience) I can now say; they are right. Maybe it was not the pain of knowing I was possibly going to die, maybe what hurt me the most were the thoughts of all those I would be leaving behind - the ones I love most: my friends and family, and the thoughts and memories that kept me alive long enough to be pulled from the arms of death. What started it all was a trip to the woods to go swimming in the nearby creek with my friends. I had never been on a rope swing before, so I let them talk me into trying it. Never before had I had such a rush of adrenaline in my life - little did I know: that was what would have nearly ended my life! I do not think that there is any other feeling you can get that is quite like the one you get while sailing through the air on a rope. There is the brief feeling of weightlessness as I was falling, the sudden stop and then the slap of the water. Even when I went under the water, I was not thinking that I might not be coming back up, but then I did not. Because the water was at its deepest point in the particular spot that I happened to land in, as if I was in slow motion, I just kept slowly sinking, aided by gravity, the extra weight for my clothes and tennis shoes, and the under current that seemed determined to keep trying to pull me to my death. It was then when I started getting desperate for air. I do not know how long it was exactly that I was in the

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