Did you know that, from 2005-2014, there was an average of 3,536 lethal accidental drownings annually in the United States? That’s about 10 deaths per day! Imagine, almost drowning in a lake that is 250 feet deep. It happened to me, and let me tell you it was absolutely petrifying. This summer, I went on a family vacation with my mother, father, and two sisters, but things didn’t go as planned. During the four-hour car drive to Lake George, everyone was exhilarated. I've been to Lake George as a child, but it was back when I could barely read. So, I didn’t remember much. Once we arrived at the hotel, my parents checked into our hotel room. My older sister placed our bags in the luggage cart as we pushed each other around the massive hotel. …show more content…
The food was surprisingly delicious. Everyone ate their food quickly, so we weren't late. By seven thirty we all changed into our swimming suit and started heading to the car. First, stopped at a deli to pick up something to eat for when we were on the boat. Then, we left in a hurry so we could actually claim a boat to take out on the lake. At the dock, there was not one parking spot. It was so packed one of the workers had to move their car. After my father signed all the paperwork everyone entered the boat and we drove off. About ten minutes after being on the lake my father took out the tube. Alyssa and I went first to test the waters. Once everyone got a turn on the tube we stopped the boat so we could just swim around. I jumped right in forgetting about my life jacket, which was fine because I know how to swim, my younger sister, however, didn’t know …show more content…
It took a while to actually understand what had happened, but it seemed to me that I almost drowned. For the rest of the boat ride, we stayed out in sun either on the tube or in the front of the boat. We drove by the islands and saw a few tremendous houses. Soon it started to get dark out on the lake, so we started heading back to the car. My parents went to the little office to pay for the boat, while my sisters and I waited in the parking lot to dry off. Once they were done we hopped in the car and drove off to the hotel to change out of our wet clothes. When we got back everyone relaxed after our long
It was a bright and shining morning in Yosemite. I woke to up the sound of my parents yelling about whose fault it was for not bringing the blue bag packed with our sunscreen and hats; I vaguely remember my father reminding me to
One day while we were on vacation my dad decides to do a group activity and rent ocean canoes from a type of surf shop just a couple miles away. My dad and mom, my brothers and sister, one of my brothers family with his wife and two kids and me. we all pack up and drive to the beach. A street later we arrive. the tide was high and unusual so it swooped around the side and pooled into a makeshift pond that it made in the middle of the beach head. So to try them out and get a feel for it we all paddles around this tiny makeshift pond for about an hour. After we were done with it we decided to take one out for a spin. My brother with the family and the third oldest went first. An hour passed by and they came back. Then it was my father and mine’s turn. We start heading out for the great open blue. about a half mile out my dad spots some big waves and makes the statement that we were going to go into them and have some fun. In about 15 minutes or so we met the waves, but there was a problem. The waves were A LOT BIGGER than what he thought. What he thought t...
So far this year, 18 people have drowned in Orange County - 10 in swimming pools, eight in the ocean. Some of the deaths were the result of plain bad luck, while others, it must be said, were caused by the victim's own poor decisions: ignoring riptide warnings, jumping into a pool without knowing how to swim and so on.
“Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change must be” – John Wooden. Wooden is trying to bring the positives out of failing rather than the negatives. For example, my championship little league baseball game, my team and I failed to win. After the game ended it affected me in a depressing way that made it a sad moment that we all worked so hard to get to, and give it up so easy to lose where I would never get a shot at redemption because it was my last year in the league. Almost like that year was a waste that we threw it away. Though I did not want to be negative about the situations, so I looked at the positives and I thought no matter how hard we all tired and all the effort we put it is was not a waste, the hard work and dedication brought us all so close that we learned how to work almost as if we were one.
I am an undocumented student at UC Davis. When I am asked a simple question such as, "describe your personal experiences", I ask myself: Where do I begin?
We thought the barf bags were the coolest thing ever. My parents were focused on getting there safely with everything in order and doing their best to keep my baby sister quiet on the plane. I asked my parents if they were worried at all about my brother and I swimming in the ocean. They agreed that neither of them were worried. “California has a lot of pollution and sewage in the ocean at the time”. “That ocean is so big it would take a lot of pollutants to make us worried about it. Lots of families were on the beach in Wilmington and Myrtle Beach area where we also went for a day” my mom said . “You and Joe noticed how salty the water was” she also mentioned. One day at the beach there was a dead, deformed looking creature washed up on shore. My dad told my brother and I to stay away from it. Growing up I really liked to eat tuna, but my dad said I could only have it once a week at the most because of the mercury in it. I follow that rule of his still to this
6. Beeck, EF, Branche, CM, Szpilman, D, Modell, JH, and Bierens, JJ (2005). A new definition of drowning: towards documentation and prevention of a global public
“Time to go to Lake Tahoe!” I exclaimed as my parents and my grandpa announced that it was time to go. After three years of waiting, it was finally time to go to lake tahoe. We couldn’t go there the past three summers because we had to visit other family. However, now it was finally time to visit my great uncle in Tahoe! I was most excited about going on a motor boat for the first time in my life. My great uncle, whose name is Bob, promised that we could all go on a motor boat when we got there. My dad wasn’t very excited though. He said the last time he went on a motor boat with Bob they crashed and my dad fractured his arm.
When I was a small child, I would always play by the docks on my grandparent's lake. I vividly recall dangling my feet off the docks and having the seaweed softly tickle my toes. Seeing my reflection is the cool dark water made me feel light and giddy, often resulting in me diving head first into the murky lake. It's been several months since I've last been there. My grandfather recently had some heart issues and has been resting in the neighboring hospital, seeing as though the lake house is far out of town. I've offered to help them maintain the house until grandpa recovered, my grandmother was exceedingly grateful. So that brings me here typing this story for whoever willing to read it. Looking out of the sliding glass door that borders
As we pulled out of my parents driveway, the circumstances seemed very surreal. My entire way of life had been turned upside down with only a few hours consideration. I was very much “at sea” in the ...
Have you ever had a moment in time that seems like minutes or hours even though it was only a few seconds? Have you ever seen everything before you play out in slow motion, where you are aware of everything around you, yet not knowing what was going on? I have, and as I look back on it, I feel very blessed and protected. On December 22, 01, I decided to take a little swim in our swimming pool and almost drowned. I still can remember it like yesterday. This incident almost cost me my life,
Reports state that drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death making it a major health risk. This is especially significant because the death of a child accounts for life lost and emotional damage for families and communities. Adding to the tragedy are the 5,000 more children who have experienced near-drowning emergencies (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). This is also a significant community health risk; placing the burden of cost on the community. It is estimated that care costs for drowning victims account for $250,000 per year. Drowning is preventable and prevention programs exist which can reduce its impact, however, community based programs are lacking. Because families are the first to respond to a drowning it is important to provide information that will guide their actions, however, prevention is key. Most parents do not realize that within a matter of moments, children can slip beneath the water and drown. Water is fun, but it is also deadly.
When I was a university student about two years ago, I enrolled in a scuba diving course. My scuba diving teacher had a big surprise: I didn’t know how to swim. In fact, I had a big fear of water. When I was a child, my parents tried to help me, so they made me take many swimming courses. Although I tried hard, I did not learn to swim. When I enrolled in the scuba diving course, I was still afraid of water. Every day when I entered the swimming pool, I battled with my fear. Fortunately, my courage won every time. Finally, one day while I was practising my dive, I realized that I did very well. So, finally, after six months of hard work, I completed the course. It is true that I was always the worst of the group, but in my own evaluation,
It was dark that night, I was nervous that this dreadful day was going to get worse. Sunday, October 23, 1998 I wanted to start writing this to tell about the weird things i’m starting to see in this new neighborhood. Gradually I keep seeing pots and pans on the sink suddenly move to the floor. I would ask my sister but she is out with my mom and dad getting the Halloween costumes. When they got home I didn’t tell them what I saw because i've seen Halloween movies and I have to have dissimulation otherwise the ghost will come out and get me first. October 24, 1998 I think I got a little nervous yesterday with the whole ghost thing. 12:32pm, Went to eat lunch with the family today and I go to get my coat. I heard the words furious and madness,
I was very excited to go swimming and meet other people to hang out with while I was outside. After, I went to my room to get a shower and put on some comfortable clothes I walked to the very front of the boat and the wind was blowing like 60 miles per hour. When I looked once again, I could see this little island with many lights on it and it was called the Bahamas. The Bahamas was very enormous and there were different shops to buy things at. When the boat finally arrived their everyone got off to go explore the island and buy thing, so I decided to look around and I bought different drinks to try. When I got to the edge there was very blue amazing glimmery water reflecting to me it was so cool to see kids playing and swimming in the water and on the