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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Liar.  A 4yo doesn't have such thought process.

[quote=Anonymous]At 4 years of age at a public pool I decided to cross under the line separating the deep end from the shallow end to see what the deep end was like.

I was not aware that under the line was not an incline to the deeper end but an immediate drop from 3 ft to 6 ft.   I sank way over my head and bobbed up.  People were around me but did not hear my weak, half-choked cries for help.  Everyone was busy doing their own thing.

I saw the life guard far away sitting in a chair on a tall white wooden platform. He was not looking my way. I tried to wave to get his attention but I was just one of many people in a pool.  He did not look my way. He was looking down at his feet at the people under him.

After several times going under and coming back up I could not stay afloat anymore.  As I drifted under the surface I opened my eyes and saw the sun shining above me as I sank lower.

As I was drowning I thought to myself, "I guess this is what it is like to die. Mom will be really sad." [b]  I was sad not because I was drowning but because my mom would be heartbroken to find my lifeless body in the pool[/b]. I always tried to spare her feelings.  Once, when hit in the head by a rock by a mean neighbor kid, instead of going home I went up the road to a neighbor and washed the blood off so mom would not freak out.

I was now beginning to run out of air. I could hold my breath no more. As I resigned myself to die, I saw two arms come at me and a pair of hands grabbed me and lifted me out of the water.  It was a girl of about 14 years.

I was so happy I wasn't going to die. I said aloud "You saved me!"

The girl laughed and walked me under the depth divider and put me back in the shallow part of the pool.  I thanked her and told her again she saved me but she just laughed and walked away.  I was a little angry she did not seem to believe me, that she thought I was playing a game.

As fast as I could I made my way to my mom. She was sitting with my dad and my uncle, aunt, and cousins. Mom offered me something to eat.

She had no idea what had just happened to me, and at 4 years of age I could not put into words how to tell her that I had been one breath away from death.

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Of course they do. Well, normally developing kids do.[/quote]

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