Ever escaped from being drowned.....

I am very sorry to hear that your friend nearly drowned. I have had a couple of scary moments in the water. At age 21 years old. I was with friends standing in a river. Then I lost my footing and I carried on down the river. I was very frightened and luckily I managed to grab hold of a branch. Then I pulled myself on the tree and to land. That was quite challenging. That same friends and I went to Crystal Cascades. There were warnings about downing but all my friends jumped in and went down the fast following water from the top to the bottom. I didn't do that because I had read how many people in the past had drowned there. I am delighted to say my friends stayed safe. When I was aged 29 years old I went on a fantastic trip to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. In Samoa there I found a marine reserve in the capital city. I swam to a pole where the coral reef began. I swam out there and had a wonderful time seeing the colorful coral and brightly colored fish. Sometime later I looked up and to my horror I was far out at sea. I could barely see the beach I had left from. I tried to swim back but the tide seemed to be pushing me even further back. I went in a semi circle to try to stay out of the tide and its pull. Eventually a very tired me reached the beach. I was exhausted and I am now more careful after that scary experience.

Yes actually a couple of times (proned?) Worse still, is my family saw a poor guy pulled from the lake on a vacation. He drowned and had turned blue. It was very sad and the police said he had swam out past the boundary where you are supposed to not go.