How far will you risk your life for a friend?

I would do as much as I could to save a friend's life but only if she/he is not responsible for the problem that he/she is facing. It good that you have such a wonderful friend.

Your friend is certainly a hero and it was smart of her to actually hit you so that you would stop struggling so she could bring you to safety. Pulling someone out of water is not as easy as some might think. We were at a hotel one time and I took my two older kids to the pool, they were both pretty young at the time I think 5 and 6. The pool had a significant drop in the footage, it went from 3 fee where the kids could stand up to 9 feet without a rope or markings or any kind of warning. My son was just in the pool and he just kind of moved in to that deep part and started drowning, I swam over to get him and my daughter followed me and she went under and started drowning at the same time. I am a good swimmer but I had to grab both kids one in each arm which left me no arms to swim with, the water was also over my head and I was struggling trying to save two panicked children. I managed to maneuver my body towards the side of the pool, and knowing that my daughter could doggie paddle a little bit I pushed her with great force towards the side of the pool and she was able to reach the side and hold on, then I was able to get my son out, but it was very, very scary, the whole situation left me in very anxious state. I was un-nerved for the rest of the night, and very angry at the hotel. There should have been a rope or a chain or something to warn people about the steep drop in the water. I don't think I could sit idly by and watch someone I care about in risk of losing their life, I would try the safest way possible of trying the save them. As for how far I would go I guess I would really have to be in that situation to know how I would react, but I know in the case with my kids, there was no way I was going to let either one of them drown. I think in situations like that keeping your composure and thinking really quickly is key, like when you friend hit you, that was quick thinking on her part.

I've "saved" 2 people from drowning - one WAY more than the other, but I wasn't the only one who could've done the job, I was just the closest when it happened. I also know that some people, probably at least one or two life guards, saved my life when I was a child, I could've been crushed by a boat...

It is very hard to know what you would do if you were in a life threatening situation with a friend, but you would have to be in that position before you could tell for sure yourself. I have a lot of friends, but I have to say that there aren't all that many who I would be prepared to risk my life for- if any at all. I would do anything for my boyfriend, but I don't know what I would say if somebody told me that I would have to choose either his life or mine, because either way whichever of those options I chose there would be no way that I could spend the rest of my life with him.

Hi inkyuboz: I think that probably if I am in an emergency with a friend of mine and if I have the opportunity to save his/her life I would do it even if I put my life in risk but of course I won't try to be a hero and there would be a point where I would try to protect myself, just do the right thing. There's only a friend, a friend of life whom I definitely put my life in risk to save his life. ALVARO

If I'm given that same situation, where my friend is drowning, I would definitely try and save my friend even if I don't know how to swim. I'd rather die than face a lifetime being guilty from not helping a friend in trouble.

I have no idea, and I hope I never have to find out.

If they are a true friend i would do what i could to save them. even if i couldn't do anything at all i would make sure i got help and tried to calm them down because if you panic your not gonna make it out. if you can support someone and keep them calm till help arrives you can save a life.

It was her solid responibility to save her companion and to you, to me she was our best friend because she was right with us in our hardest time.

I was saved by a friend couple of years back when we were on a trip. I wasn't concentrated and allmost fell off a cliff when my friend caught me in mid-air and pull me back up. After this happend I swore to myself that as long I can help a friend I'll even put my life on the line.