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[jessie-b]

Today I was wading in the Jeonju river, swimming with these two kids who had an inflatable tube and a beach ball. I got out of the water and sat on the bank, half keeping an eye on them as they made their way down the river. I got up to leave and as I was trying to fasten my bracelet I noticed they were splashing and yelling. The whole time we were playing together they were fake yelling "Help" and splashing so I thought they were still fooling around but then I noticed their heads kept bobbing under and it was for real. I felt like I was running so slowly, the bare-footed painful trot to keep from falling and then hesitating a moment before jumping in the water so as not to fall on the rocks. I always heard, in moments like this, all self preservation was supposed to fall away from a person...all stories I've heard about life-saving is that people are lightning fast and I felt the opposite. I was trying to keep their heads above water as much as possible but felt like I was the worst life-saver ever. They were flailing and kicking me under and I was pulling them toward the shore, one at a time. It felt like a wrestling match.

I come from a town by the ocean where most kids learn to swim early. I wonder how many kids drown in the river here.

Does anyone else have an experience where you felt so slow to react or where time slowed down? The whole experience makes me want to get strong and take a life saving course or something. We used to practice the pose in swim class but I don't know if I did it correctly in the real situation.

[squat toilet]

Watch "The Guardian" with Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. If you are trying to save someone and they are fighting you and trying to pull you under the water it's best to punch them in the face and break their nose. That will stop them shenanigans right quick.

[xtchr]

[just another day]

something similiar happened to me with my mom... but i wasn't as herioc as you...

i thought she was messing around... but she was really drowning in the pool. i was laughing because i thought she was joking around with me...

i didn't end up jumping in, altho i wish i did, by the time i realized she wasn't kidding around... she already got good footing on the pool ground...so she was safe...

i felt horrible tho... for laughing when she was really drowning...

but yeah, for some reason in emergency situations, everything slows down for me, but instinct takes over and i move really fast. i think its because im sensitiive to my surroundings or something. or im totally oblivious... im not sure which one sometimes... maybe both alternating...?

but jumping in water with rocks, and swimming is pretty hard and takes more energy than instinct... thats different than swerving from an accident in a car situation... which is more what i visualize when time slows down kind of thing...