What was the misadventure happened in the life of Douglas?
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Douglas decided to learn swimming when he was ten or eleven years old, and started at the YMCA swimming pool. He learnt to conquer his childhood fear of water and was slowly gaining confidence when the misadventure happened. Since the pool was empty, Douglas was waiting by the side of the pool to wait for others to enter. A large 18 year old boy came by and for ‘fun’, threw Douglas into the deep end. In the beginning, he had his wits about him and when he hit bottom, tried to spring upwards using all his strength. Yet, he didn’t manage to clear the surface of the water and went down again, choking. This happened two more times. Then, he lost all consciousness and in fact, almost died. But, he was rescued in the nick of time and brought back. This incident completely shook him and instilled in him a great fear of water that stayed with him for several years, ruining many of his fishing trips and didn’t let him enjoy any of the popular activities like canoeing, boating and swimming.
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Douglas decided to learn swimming when he was ten or eleven years old, and started at the YMCA swimming pool. He learnt to conquer his childhood fear of water and was slowly gaining confidence when the misadventure happened. Since the pool was empty, Douglas was waiting by the side of the pool to wait for others to enter. A large 18 year old boy came by and for ‘fun’, threw Douglas into the deep end. In the beginning, he had his wits about him and when he hit bottom, tried to spring upwards using all his strength. Yet, he didn’t manage to clear the surface of the water and went down again, choking. This happened two more times. Then, he lost all consciousness and in fact, almost died. But, he was rescued in the nick of time and brought back. This incident completely shook him and instilled in him a great fear of water that stayed with him for several years, ruining many of his fishing trips and didn’t let him enjoy any of the popular activities like canoeing, boating and swimming.
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Regards.