16 | July• 2019
MY STORY
thigh as hard as I could. I tried to gasp,
“Help me!” But my voice was hoarse,
possibly from swallowing some of the
salt water, and all I could do was make
weird sounds.
The girl screamed, not only did I
take her by surprise
but as she tried to pull
my arms from her leg,
I wouldn’t let go. What
must she have thought?
The people she was
with came to her aid
and I managed to utter
the words, “Help, rip,
help!” They realised I
was in trouble and I felt
strong hands under my
arms as they dragged me to the shore.
They got me onto the wet sand and
rolled me over. I was trying to get my
breath back as the lifeguards came
and put an oxygen mask on my nose
and mouth. I closed my eyes, and let
everyone take care of me.
My relationship with the sea would
never be the same again.suddenly as the rip pulled me out
to sea, I was being pulled towards
the shore, fast, very fast, in fact I
had to focus to keep my head
above the water. The sensation was
like I was being dragged in by an
unknown entity.
As I got closer to
shore, I began to feel
hope that I was going to
be OK, but all of this had
taken its toll. I was weak
and my body was like
jelly. I had no strength
left and could barely
breaststroke by this
stage, so I just went with
the flow. The people
on the beach were becoming closer
and closer as the waves towed me
towards the shore.
There was a young girl in a yellow
bikini in my line of sight. She must
have been about 16 years old and was
jumping the small waves with her
friends. As I got near enough to her
I grabbed onto her leg, hugging her
I tried to gasp,
“Help me!” But
my voice was
hoarse, possibly
from swallowing
salt waterDOG WITH EXPENSIVE TASTEOzzie, a nine-year-old labradoodle, ended up having to be
rushed to the vet after his owners in the United Kingdom
discovered he helped himself to an envelope full of cash
that was pushed through their front door letterbox
by someone who owed them money.
Ozzie ate eight £20 notes worth over $200. The vet’s bill
to induce vomiting came to another £170.FOX NEWS