The Moment of closing death (Free writing 3)

Speaking of the unforgettable experience, some impressive serial pictures just occur to my mind. I have two most dreadful experiences which almost resulted in death. It always reminded me when people talked about the situation. Here I want to narrate is the first story. The first event is drowning which I believe a lot of people had undergone.

I remembered it was a wonderful weather that day. The sky was serene and sun shined with breeze. My friends and I felt boring and nothing to do at home. After an discussion we decided to go swimming. Without any hesitate, we rode toward Naiwan(內灣) which is an idea swimming place for resident here. 40 minutes later, we arrived to our destination.

Being aware that I had poor skill of swimming and even didn’t know how to change breath, I just dared to stay at the shallow as well as a friend, who is called Fisher. However, I felt safe because the other two of my friends are excellent swimmer. I believed they will rescue me if necessary. Therefore, Fisher and I took our ease and learned dive from some strangers. After finishing our first jump, we felt fun and wanted to try again. We walked in the water toward the big stone which is our nature diving board and prepared to scramble on it. Yet hadn’t touched the stone, I suddenly fell into a hole under the water and Fisher seemed to fell as well. I felt an enormous strength to push me beneath the water. It was Fisher’s hand.

The struggle for life gave her marvelous force. On the contrary, I tried to have myself calm down and think what to do while I was sinking. Few seconds later, I hit the bottom of the hole. I saw Fisher’s foot above me moved fast due to the struggle. I considered whether I could walk away the hole to the shallow. Didn’t know how long was past, I raised my head again. Fisher stopped struggling and was pulled out of water. Someone was there and saved her. Therefore, I gave out my last breath to jump up to see if someone would grab my hands or I could grab something. When I reached to the highest which I could get, I got nothing but hopelessness and fell again. Suddenly, An hero of mine hold my arms and had me out of the river.

Fisher seemed like scared and chocked. The other two friends had just known what happened and asked how was me. “Everything is fine,” I laughed “and fun.” I then returned to the big stone and dived again.