The summer when I was 8, I was at my cousin's cottage and went tubing with my cousins and my sister. The boat was going really fast and I was on the tube with my older cousin, Andrew. My uncle was doing sharp turns and my cousin Andrew fell into the deep blue lake, but I was still on. We were going so fast, turning and suddenly the raft started to go under and I got pulled with it. My head was empty with no thoughts. I was under water and couldn't breathe. No one could or would have been able to hear me. I struggled but was able to pull myself up out of the water after being unable to move.
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