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i drowned in the river when i was 6. i didnt know how to swim, and i walked into a hole that was deeper than my head. my twin brother and cousin were literally 1m away. my dad was 'watching us' from the shoreline. he was talking to a friend, when the guy said to him, look theres a kid drowning. dad goes, nah thats just my son playing with his brother. the guy then said, no seriously he drowning. so dad runs down the sand into the water and runs in to pull me out. in the meantime i was swallowing water by the bucketload, was going up and down, and screaming 'mum' when i could, but everytime i tried, id swallow another mouthful of river water.. i could see dad running in clothes and all, and he was about 10 meteres away when i finally went down for the last time all i could see when dark brown murky water..and then i feel an arm lunge for my forearm. at first he didnt get the first go, but then managed to grab hold of it and pull me up.
u pulled me up and i started throwing up and coughing up the water id taken in the process. i started crying, as a 5 year old would..but dad firmly told me that your a man and men dont cry and stop crying. so i stopped.
i was called dracula for a while after that cos when i came out i had 2 lines of mud coming down each side of my mouth.
its 24 years ago now, but i still remember it like it was yesterday. some things are so vivid it freaks me out till today.
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