Your most unforgetable near-death experience?
By nvtellan
@nvtellan (1907)
Philippines
September 18, 2008 2:25am CST
Share here your most unforgetable near-death experiences or ordeals that almost killed you.
Here's my story:
It happened during my College days when I was still a 4th year student. It was ROTC Sunday so my usual itinerary every sunday after our ROTC session is to go to Megamall or Robinsons Ortigas to watch a movie, eat lunch and dinner, play videogames and go window-shopping. After I spent all my money and got tired of roaming around, I go home and this usually happens at night around 8-9 pm.
One sunday night, while riding the bus going home, 3 men (I didn't know they were drunk because I don't really pay attention who goes in and out of the bus) got on-board the bus I'm ridding in. Since the bus was full so most of the newly boarded passengers were standing at the alley. Somewhere in Cubao, one of the drunk men signaled the bus conductor that they will get off. So they stood up and proceed towards the exit of the bus. During that time, I was standing near the exit and I made sure that I gave way for them so they can pass thru. The first of the drunks came and he bumped/jerked me off from my position which I nearly fell down. I shouted back and told him to "Hey, watch where you're going!". As soon as I blurted that, the other two men grabbed me by the neck and the wrist and tried to dragged me off the bus. I kept holding on the metal railing to avoid getting dragged by them, all the while these 3 drunks, introduced themselves as police officers, kept shouting at me to come along with them.
I shuddered at the thought then because for sure they'll salvage me.
Then an angel descended from the Heaven!In a form a man.
This man, introduced himself as a police officer also. He negotiated with the 3 drunks for them to let me go in exchange that he will go with them.
The 3 drunks and the angel/ policeman got off the bus and we continued our merry ways as if nothing happened. When I arrived at home, I was kinda jumpy and sometimes I stared blankly to empty spaces. My parents were asking me if I am ok. I didn't mention to them about my ordeal and I just proceeded to my room and slept it off.
I am really thankful for that angel and if I could only remember his face or know his name or his whereabouts.... Without him, I could have died that day and I'm not here typing this story of mine.
So what's your story?
1 response
@jonastabuena (2307)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
as i remember it happened long ago, when i was 9 yrs old, a small grade 3 pupils, here's the story, there is a river a few steps away from our house, that time it was rainy, me my cousins enjoying playing with the rain, 5 of us, small children, the eldest of us decided to go to the river, and we went of course, the color of the water that time is yellow looks like a flood, at the hard rain continues, my cousins hesitates to go the water, because of the current, but i'm not, i'm the most hard headed among them, so i jumped into the water, down deep, i know how to swim a bet, never though it was it was 7 feet deep, and i was carried by the current, when i made my self to the top, i found out i was far from them, try my best to swim get nearing to them, but i can't made it, i try my self to touch the ground below me, but i was soft and i was sinking, my cousins not were shouting and yealing but they don't shout for help, they try to help me, they throw tree branch, anything that i can grab so that i can float, but i its not working,i continue float and sink, float and sink, they know they can't help, finally they youngest of among us, ran fast to our house and ask help from my mother, my beloved mother came to the rescue just in time i'm going to give up, she grab me, the water level is just leveled to her hips, because of that accident we never go to that river again until now, and we found out that river is enchanted, huh!
that's the end of my story.
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@jonastabuena (2307)
• Philippines
27 Nov 08
Yeah lucky for me, that was a very traumatic experience, because of that i had sudden fear in rivers. But hopefully now i was able to overcome the fear.
