Personal Narrative Essay About Swimming

Never Take a Chance The CDC reports that from 2005-2009, there were an average of 3,533 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day. Swimming is a summertime activity that many people enjoy. Swimming can be very relaxing, therapeutic, and entirely enjoyable. Sometimes though, there are terrible mishaps involved with swimming. Maybe someone slips and bursts open their head; maybe someone accidentally inhales water into their lungs. Quite possibly, for my case, someone made a stupid mistake. I will never forget the horrid day that I made the gargantuan mistake that, to this day, has scarred me permanently.
On a warm summer’s day of 2010, I was eleven years old. The weather was all sunshine, no clouds in sight. All that could be heard was the sound of chirping birds, the occasional rustling of the wind, and the sound of my dad mowing the lawn. He was obsessed with mowing the lawn, still is quite frankly. Back to me, I just thought it was the perfect day to swim in our pool. The pool was cool, relaxing, and fun. At the time, we had a pool that was four feet, six inches deep. Not a very deep pool, but deep enough for an eleven year old. Swimming was my favorite summer pastime. I loved being surrounded by water; feeling as if maybe,
We used the cover to heat our pool efficiently. The cover was just pulled back to the side of the pool because we took it off while we were swimming. We hauled a big section of the cover into the pool and submerged it partially in the water, allowing a portion of it to float. We started swimming under it. Swimming under the cover seemed to be simple. I would push myself off the pool wall, swim under very quickly, and be on my way. Garrett also seemed to be able to swim under with no problem. I thought to myself, as a young boy would, I cannot let my eight-year-old little brother show me up at