How I was almost drowned by my coursemate?
1.In my second term at National Defence Academy, swimming had started with full josh and unlike first term this time it was to be graded and failing swimming test meant direct RELEGATION that is repeating 6 months of training.
2.One of my coursemates Deepak,who was good at every aspect of training had trouble in swimmimg since he had never done swimming in life and was a
“Dead Sinker”.
3.In around 7 months of training ,substantial amount of coursemate spirit had been developed between us.Since I had been a good swimmer and also had done a Lifeguard course in school,I gave him a pep talk.
4.In order to give him confidence I adviced him to swim in centre lane so that he doesn’t stop in between and told him not to worry as I would be in adjacent lane and will not let him sink.
5.On the day of the test,both of us had started swimming in our respective lanes.I was swimming slow along with him ,giving
him continuous update slowly “10m…20m….halfway thru…”.He was doing great.
6.Suddenly all hell broke loose and he panicked and shouted for my help So I offered him my hand to take support ,he pulled me and literally climbed on top of meto stay on top.Meanwhile I was now underwater drinking water like anything .
7.Luckily our USTAAD was very good and entered pool and took Deepak out within few seconds.As he took him out,I surfaced
and tried to swim but due to excessive water inside me I could not even float so even I had to ask for help.
8.Meanwhile our USTAAD shouted “ Aee Namunaa ,tuu bachaane gaya aur khud ch**d gaya”.Meanwhile everyone was laughing like anything. Both of us failed the screening test.XD