It happened when I was a kid. I was exploring a rural river I didn’t know and there was a large falls behind a bend. I was merely an okay swimmer and it’s amazing how quickly a current can pick up. Almost certainly the closest I ever came to death. I was so hopped on adrenaline that I hiked home and my family had to point out to me that I had a small branch impaled in my lower right leg, so I was also lucky I didn’t bleed out. I still have the scar. Basic dumb city kid gets really lucky.
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