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Article: "MY LIFE JACKET - MY ONLY HOPE - WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND'; REPORTER WAS "LUCKY" THAT HER NEAR-DROWNING WAS JUST AN EXERCISE.(Neighbors Oswego)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2004
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Byline: Delen Goldberg Staff writer
The panic struck the second I hit the water of Lake Ontario.
I flailed my arms, trying to stay afloat. My clothes, soaked heavy with water, pulled me down. My life jacket - my only hope - was nowhere to be found.
The canoe I had been riding in Saturday with Branden Smith, 13, had capsized.
He was wearing a life jacket. I was not.
He bobbed calmly in the water. I heaved and hollered, trying to figure out my next move.
What would save me from slipping into the murky water?