A Piece of Memories: Boat Accident

There was almost 1 car accident occurred everyday in the past week. 2 of them which I found most horrible. 1 was by a stationary truck, which moved backward because of a malfunctioned break or whatever. The other was with a truck going backward. Both hit someone, and were fatal. Some people may think why the pedestrians wouldn't run away as the truck coming their way. I think it's not easy. Accident is accident.

The closest incident happened to me is a boat accident. At that time, I was having a training lesson on Otter, a 2 man sailing boat. We were having a capsize training. Although it was not a very big boat, it's still very heavy when the sail was underwater. After the second time, we were exhausted. When I was hanging myself on the side of the boat, I saw a group of toppers coming towards us. Those were 1 man sailing boat. And apparently, those were all beginners. One of them was coming directly towards me. Being exhausted, I could only shut to ask the guy to change his course. But he could only panic and didn't know how. And before I could do anything else, the tip of the boat was point directly at my chest. Time was like stopped. I could swim away. But to which side? I could dive. But could I dived deep enough with the life jacket on. And if I dived, it could be coming directly to my neck or head. At the end, I did nothing. The boat hit my chest. I was like a sandwich with our own boat at the back. It was quite painful. But with the life jacket as a cushion, at least it didn't crush my rib cage. Despite the pain, I could still have a good yell at that guy. But when I think about it, if it could be avoided, it would not be an accident.

I don't know what would happen if I chose to do something else. But I felt blessed when we got the boat out of the water and sailed back to the shore.