I Thought It Was Over | National Geographic

everybody was wanting to get on the

everybody was wanting to get on the ferry and it was like a like a rope

ferry and it was like a like a rope

ferry and it was like a like a rope ladder and I tried to grab ahold of it

ladder and I tried to grab ahold of it

ladder and I tried to grab ahold of it but by then the ferry was having to back

but by then the ferry was having to back

but by then the ferry was having to back up and it you know drag me back into the

up and it you know drag me back into the

up and it you know drag me back into the water

I had already been in the water and I

I had already been in the water and I was some hypothermic I thought I just

was some hypothermic I thought I just

was some hypothermic I thought I just can’t I can’t there’s no way I cannot

can’t I can’t there’s no way I cannot

can’t I can’t there’s no way I cannot climb up this rope ladder there’s

climb up this rope ladder there’s

climb up this rope ladder there’s there’s a snow way I mean I didn’t have

there’s a snow way I mean I didn’t have

there’s a snow way I mean I didn’t have any energy I didn’t have the strength

I couldn’t understand you know God let

I couldn’t understand you know God let me live through a plane crash but I was

me live through a plane crash but I was

me live through a plane crash but I was going to die you know because I was

going to die you know because I was

going to die you know because I was going to end up being sucked under this

going to end up being sucked under this

going to end up being sucked under this theory

every time I looked over my right

every time I looked over my right shoulder I would just sort of get a face

shoulder I would just sort of get a face

shoulder I would just sort of get a face full of water

all right hand slipped off and I’m just

all right hand slipped off and I’m just holding on my left hand I was thinking I

holding on my left hand I was thinking I

holding on my left hand I was thinking I won’t get to see my children anymore he

won’t get to see my children anymore he

won’t get to see my children anymore he not my husband

just as I looked over one more time

just as I looked over one more time sorry I saw someone swimming towards me

sorry I saw someone swimming towards me

sorry I saw someone swimming towards me I asked her her name she said her name

I asked her her name she said her name

I asked her her name she said her name was Shay and I said my name is Michael

was Shay and I said my name is Michael

was Shay and I said my name is Michael and I’m gonna help you get out of the

and I’m gonna help you get out of the

and I’m gonna help you get out of the water

as we got closer towards the scene there

as we got closer towards the scene there was a flash of red that that caught the

was a flash of red that that caught the

was a flash of red that that caught the corner of my eye

she just really seemed to be holding on

she just really seemed to be holding on she wasn’t really climbing up or trying

she wasn’t really climbing up or trying

she wasn’t really climbing up or trying to get get herself out of the water and

to get get herself out of the water and

to get get herself out of the water and I said that person right there that’s

I said that person right there that’s

I said that person right there that’s what we need to get to first

and that’s when I jumped out of a

and that’s when I jumped out of a helicopter