me and my dad where in a small 12' boat, and we was goin out in the bay.
so then we went to the jeti and there where huge waves (not breaking) so we were playing on them, and we decided to go back. then i dont know what happened, because i was lookin in the other direction. but im pretty sure a wave broke and hit us. i remember goin under. and while i was under i was wondering if i was the only one who fell, and if i could climb back in the boat. then i came up and my dad came up, and he said, "oh $h!t" and then grabbed his life jacket and said lets go. i instantly knew what he ment, because recently my friend Jonathon went under in a canoe. then i remember a HUGE wave to my left it was crashing so i held my breath and braced myself, i had on a life jacket but my dad didnt so i started worring about him. and while i was under the boat hit me, but i was so focused on getting to the shore, i didnt even think about it. then we both popped back up and started swimming. in 40 something degree water. and i remember so many things that where goining through my head. "am i goin to die?" "what if i die and he lives" "what if he dies and i live" i started thinking of my mom, my dad, my borther, sister, everybody. ok i SERIOUSLY thought i was goin to die, so i turned around to my dad and said "i love you daddy"-- wow, just thinking about that gave me shivers. then started swimming. and we where a good 60-80 ft away from the shore, well rocks of the jeti. i remember asking my dad if he had his phone in his pocket. i remember thinking about sharks. i remember saying, "i think im getting hypothermia, its getting warm" and in fact i had stage 2 hypothermia. (there are 4 stages to it) but i remember worrying about my dad more than myself. because he didnt have a life-jacket, he was just holding it. and he wasnt swimming as fast as me so i slowed down, i didnt want to leave him, and once he was lagging behind and i ask him "how ya doin?" and he took a sec to answer so i said, "im comin back there" and he said "im alright just keep swimming" so i kept swimming but kept a eye on him. when i was about 10-20 foot from the rocks my arms and legs where starting to lock up, and i remeber thinking, "its gonna suck if i die this close to the shore." and at that point i was thinking, "i think im goin to live now, even if i pass out someone will get me out of here." there were a few more big waves the hit me before i made it to the rocks, but it seemed like when i got about 30 ft from the rocks all the waves stopped. usually thats where all the waves crash. and i was worrying about a wave pushing me into the rocks. at about 40 ft i noticed about 4 people, and i started screaming, "HEY!!" "HEY!!" and they didnt even notice... and then my dad started screaming, and i said, "daddy dont waste your breath remember survivor man?" "they cant hear us." so we kept swimming, and then at about 30 ft two people noticed us. they called the coast guard and when i finally made it to the rocks i said, " i can feel seaweed!" because the rocks where covered in seaweed.and i climbed up on a small rock and said, "lets go to church tomorrow and thank god" then a small wave knocked me off of the rock, so i grabbed my dads leg because he was on the rocks standing up, i didnt think about it at the time, but that was really selfish. but he stood and reached out and grabbed me. so then i was on a small rock, but not out of dangers way. i couldnt move, my arms would NOT move. my legs neither. i remeber my dad saying "come on!" and i said "hang on man i can barely move i want to go slow just let me go slow." and he tried to grab me and carry me up there, and i said put me down your gonna knock us both down. so he did and i slowly crawled from rock to rock until i got on top of the wall. i remember thinking about jumping down, it was only like 2-4 ft but then i thought, "no, i would fall." i could barely stand up. let along jump. then the shivering started. i said, "we need to get these wet clothes off." so i slowly took my jacket, hoddie, then shirt off and one of the people gave me there jacket, and said, "you can keep that" so i put it on and started walking around.-- if you have ever woke up and been disoriented, i dont believe you. you dont know what disoriented is. this was insane. i walked around on the concrete and thought i should go into the sand and lye down. but i didnt think i could walk that far, and this point me and my dad are waiting for the coast guard to get there, and i remember about 3 trucks driving by and wondering, "why don't they stop and give us a freaking ride?!?!" then i stumbled to the sand and took off my shoes. it was really hard to do that. and i remember, standing still. and i was freezing. my dad was looking out at the water expecting a boat to come, or looking for our boat or something. and he told me to keep moving, to keep warm. and thats true. i didnt shiver as much when i was moving. then the coast gaurd pulled up in a hum V i remember him asking me if i was doin ok and told me to get in the truck. so i did. i started walking, then turned back and grabbed my shoes. then i got in the truck. my dad was talking to the guy, and i was thinking, "god come on" then finally the man and my dad walked up and i had to sit on top of this little hump, because there was only two seats. i remember grabbing my dad and hugging him and just holding on to him. then ride back is kinda blury. i remeber expecting lots of bumps. but it wasnt as bumpy as i thought. then i remember pulling up at this house-like building and goin in it. then the guy offered us hot choclate, but i was shaking to bad, i couldnt hold the cup. then he went and got us some blankets and a towel so i striped down to my boxers and cuddled up in that. then me and my dad sat down and he had a cup of hot coco. so then the guy came back with a survival suit and said, "if anything will warm you up that will" so i instanly put it on. but my dad didnt he still had on his boots and clothes. then i got me a cup of hot coco and and done some push ups and started walking around. i know this is really long... but the rest of the story is history. the guy took my info, i talked to the EMS, and played wii with one of the guys. then the coast gaurd recovered our boat. it was pretty dinged up. apparently it hit the rocks. then a lady took us to our truck and we went home.

thank the lord im alive

Dam man thats got to suck. good thing you are alive

this is the coast gaurd salvaging my boat

pretty crazy. awesome story to tell your kids tho, maybe. actually idk, cuz it could scare them "oh no, dad almost died!", yah...