My Accidental Drowning Essay Sample

I think it happened when I was 5 or 6 years old. My family spent that summer near the big river; I do not remember its name now. It had several beaches and a landing pier. It became the reason of this story.
That summer I already knew how to swim. I did not have any significant skills, but could move without any support and felt quite well in the water. Of course, parents did not let me go to the beach alone. That day we went to the landing pier with my father. He liked to speak with fishers, and I just wanted to spend time outside and swim for a while.
The pier was not too big; its length was about 30 feet. It was prohibited to jump off it, but nobody cared. There was a company of young people, who showed their “highboard diving” that day. I was small and did not think about such difficult issues, like boats’ ability to come so close to the shore.
I already swam in this river and thought it would be about a neck-deep above the place where I stood. I decided to jump too; father was distracted by fishers, and did not interrupt. I got over handrails and fell in the water off the middle of the pier. The next thing I saw was green water; it was much deeper than I expected.
Fortunately, someone from that company noticed my experiment and took me to the shore. It happened really fast, so I was not scared, did not start to panic and did not need any medical help. My father did not even remember this event and was surprised when I told him about it after several years. I also did not develop an aquaphobia because of this accidental drowning attempt.