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"e;Water gushed down into my lungs. I was going down so fast. I was kicking the water with my legs, but that only dragged me farther down. Suddenly, I was in a war of survival. Yet everything was quiet. I couldn t hear anything not even the loud hurricane of my own thoughts. It was a frightening stillness down there. The depth of the sea looked endless. It was so dark, and it was swallowing me. ...