[ WP ] Explain someone drowning .

`` Do a double!'' Kyle told me as i stepped up to the ladder. It was only a meter high diving board but we had been doing tricks off it all summer. 
 
 `` I do n't take requests ass hat!'' 
 That was how we talked to each other. Neither of us would get offended because we had been best friends for to long to remember. 
 `` I was going to do a double anyway!'' 
 
 I stepped up to the board the way I always did. Right foot first, then I flung myself forward, jogging three steps then a hop to the end of the board. I spun through the air getting the two front flips easily. I knew I had done it correctly by the stinging on my butt and feet. 
 I let myself sink to the bottom of the pool before I started floating back up. Still underwater, I started moving to the ladder to get out. I liked climbing it underwater. For some reason it made me feel like an otter shooting up over the edge of a riverbank. 
 I let some air out before i got to the surface just like i always did. Everything was normal with my exit only when my foot hit the bottom step it slipped. 
 
 `` Ow fuck!'' I thought. I had twisted my ankle and now my foot was stuck behind the ladder. Still a foot under water, I began to panic. 
 
 `` Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit!'' Ran through my mind. `` I hope my ankle is okay!'' 
 I always thought stuff like that. Try to be funny in a serious situation. 
 I began pulling at the ladder to try to get my leg free. No luck. I tried climbing out, but it was stuck just like a boat tied to a pole. No matter how hard you pull the boat, if its tied you wo n't go anywhere. 
 My lungs were really hurting at this point. I was trying my best to control my convulsing. It was getting harder at every second. I reached up to try and signal for help but kyle must have been at the other end of the pool. 
 `` Why the hell has n't he tried to help me!?'' 
 
 I was really struggling now. I was shaking all over and pulling at the ladder with all of my remaining strength. Still no good. It hurts so bad now! 
 In a last ditch effort I stretch as much of my body as I can in attempt to poke my head above water to get some much needed air. 
 As I was reaching, my whole body relaxed. I could n't move anything. I looked up as I started to sink back down and saw the shimmering light. 
 
 It was so peaceful. So quiet. So... easy. It was actually kind if nice. the stress free water, I could n't even feel my ankle. 
 The opposite wall of my pool came into view as my ankle caught the tension of my lifeless body and I swung downward. The last thing I would ever see. My vision was slowly dimming and my thoughts were slow. Until they were both completely gone. 
 
 This is, believe it or not, a true story.
