anyone almost drown before ?

[marleymarl]

I was at the beach on long island when I was around 14 and body boarding on a day with pretty big waves. I rode a wave that just crashed and my body board stood up straight and the nose went into the sand and my stomach was on top of the board which cause the wind to be knocked out of me as the wave came toppling over me. It was shallow water (maybe 5 feet of water) but when the wind is knocked out of you and youre being tossed every which way and you' dont know which way is up, it is quite scary.

 

[Argo]

Almost drowned in summer of 2003 after a Jet Ski accident. I wasn't wearing a life jacket at the time.

 

In costa rica, 15 foot faces, held under for 2 waves. Doesnt seem very long, but i almost passed out. Needless to say, i was done for the day.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I used to hold my breath until I passed out as a child

WTF?

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I used to hold my breath until I passed out as a child

Try it now!

LMAO.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

i've almost drown twice.....both times it was very scary.

 

[FFactory0x]

You know that Green Berets must drwon themselves. My cousins BF just had to do it. You actually must swin to the bottom of the pool and inhale water causing you to drown. They then revive you. They never lost one person

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
You know that Green Berets must drwon themselves. My cousins BF just had to do it. You actually must swin to the bottom of the pool and inhale water causing you to drown. They then revive you. They never lost one person

is that to benefit only the soldiers who do the reviving ?

 

[Hammer]

almost drowned twice, once when i was little at a waterpark (didn't know how to swim) and the other in the ocean (got rolled by the waves and undertow)

 

[FFactory0x]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
You know that Green Berets must drwon themselves. My cousins BF just had to do it. You actually must swin to the bottom of the pool and inhale water causing you to drown. They then revive you. They never lost one person

is that to benefit only the soldiers who do the reviving ?

No to benefit you. Basically gives you experiance in what drowning is like. Makes you more calm if it ever happens again. But you must do it or you cant pass through.

 

[CraigRT]

I hear it's a good way to go.. apparently it's just like falling asleep... but it's not like I want to try it to find out!

 

[kage69]

Nope, but I've pulled 2 people from the water who were, does that count? The one time I actually watched someone get into trouble was on my very first salt-water dive, off of the coast of Oman. This Dutch girl in my dive class was doing the 'remove everything and put it back on underwater' drill and just lost it (we were chilling on the bottom in about 40ft of water). She was having trouble clearing her mask and then all of a sudden it was full of puke, she started flailing and screaming underwater, and was immediately swarmed by tiny fish intent on making the most of her lunch. Horrible of me to say this, but damn it hilarious, I had the hardest time trying not to laugh.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
I'd say so, I was swimming near the bottom of the pool and a friend somehow managed to stand ON ME, holding me underwater. I've read that drowning is very peaceful if you don't figh it though.

sure, it's peaceful . . . afterward
:roll:

i have been "close" to drowning while surfing big waves in Hawaii when i was caught by seemingly endless huge (40 feet plus close-out/clean-up sets) . . . . how close (you might ask)? - well, at the point where you start to black out and are starting to see "stars" (and other weird lights) and things are getting dark from lack of oxygen.
:shocked:

MOST people panic at this point and breathe in water - you actually have a choice (well, i did). If you don't panic you can hold your breath till you pass out and THEN your body automatically start to breathe - unfortunately "water" if you are under.

Anyway, it hurts and your lungs are "on fire" . . . . NOT recommended as a way to "go"
:roll:

 

[AmerDoux]

I was body surfing at Huntington Beach and a surfer intentionally ran over me, knocking me out in the water. Fortunately my brother was right there and pulled me out. I must have inhaled some water because I remember trying to take a breath and instead I was choking/gagging water out of my lungs. Once I was breathing, my brother went out there and promptly beat the snot out of the surfer. That was about 25 years ago and I have never been back to that beach since. The surfers there are a$$holes.