AMERICA IS Under Siege

[crazy horse 0]

That is something were you are the mouth of an inlet where the current is its strongest those places could be super dangerous

Yes, and I knew that and am a strong swimmer.
There was a big unforeseen problem.
I thought I would try to swim in some and see if I make any progress. If not, then I would float on my back to get to the side of the channel. Big mistake.
The moment I stopped to assess my progress, lactic acid filled my muscles from the strenuous ordeal/swimming and I cramped. Had never cramped in my life. My shoulders (thus my arms, too) were immobilized. I could not swim. But all was not lost. I have fullback legs which were not cramping and I could kick, with my arms at my side, like an Irish jig dancer.
Cramping was not in my planning for a riptide.
BTW, the senior and junior lifeguards all tried to swim in, too. Resist that instinct (as you correctly acknowledge, ch) and immediately go to your back or just float in place and calmly paddle to the side of the channel.
But that is not how I almost died. How I nearly died was whether or not the riptide was going to release me or continue to hold me under. It fairly went the distance.
You don't even know which way is up, spun around repeatedly, as if in the submerged grip of a spinning alligator. When through the grace of God I surfaced, the whole sky and shore was pitch black on a brilliant sunny day. I had started to shut down.
The lifeguards offered help, though they were shaken up, too. Since my shoulders were cramped, not able to maneuver well and in my mid sixties at the time I decided it would be the prudent thing to accept.
The two fetching girls playing with a beachball at the shoreline when I went in, sucking in my stomach as I passed, were still there as I was helped out, flanked by helpful lifeguards, lol.
Here's the craziest thing. As I was reaching the point underwater if I was not released soon, it was lights out, what was I thinking? I'm going home to Jesus? I have so much more I want to do in my life? My family who will miss me? Nope. At the point of realizing this had become a 50/50 no advantage stock play, I thought about how embarrassing this was. That I was going to die swimming, and that I'm a strong swimmer. It wasn't right.