Published: February 8, 2025 at 3:13:01 PM
Happy new day! I am thankful to be alive today! No for real I am seriously grateful. Something pretty scary happened just the other day here in Ecuador. Shane is a very good writer and wrote this down for our @Sparksgowild main page to share the experience. I thought I would share it here for you to read as well:
Hey guys we had a close call yesterday. We were out swimming in the ocean, having fun jumping in the waves. But what we didn’t realize was the tide was going out forming a rip current. We stayed in the water where we could touch bottom. We could feel the water pulling out but didn’t realize how strong it was. The water got deeper and deeper on us until we couldn’t touch the bottom anymore and the waves kept coming in but the current kept pulling us back. I’m a decent swimmer but it didn’t take me long to realize we were in a deadly situation. Miss Stacy can’t swim like I can. So I couldn’t leave her out there. She started to panic desperately trying to keep her head above water wave after wave. She was screeming. I was trying to help her stay calm but honestly I didn’t know how long she could tread water and keep her head up. I tried to help her but the waves coming in made everything difficult as I was having a hard time to keep myself calm and afloat. I saw Stacy flip over on her back so her mouth was facing the sky. She was trying to not drown at this point. I was helpless as to helping her. It was a moment I will never forget. A human could easily die in this situation and I’m sure we both would have.
Shoutout the to amazing guys in the lifeguard tower. They saw us out there and I could see someone with a float device running down the beach to our location. I told Stacy help was on the way and just don’t freak out. But I totally understand the freaking out. I knew if we could keep our heads out of the water long enough for him to get there we would make it. I kept telling Stacy keep your head up. Help is on the way.
Due to the waves bobbing our heads up and down, I could only get occasional glimpses of the shore, but every glimpse I got I saw that guy with the float device get closer and closer. And then I can see another guy coming behind him with a surfboard. If we could just keep our heads above water until they got there we would be ok. I could swim but I had to stay with Stacy. I already knew if she was drowning out there I was going with her.
The first guy eventually made it to us with the small float device. Stacy was able to hang on to it and finally be able to somewhat relax for a second. The guy told us to relax. Chill. The second lifeguard was wearing flippers and had a surfboard. When he arrived we we both able to lean on the board and catch our much needed breath. We were going to be ok. We were not dead. But holy crap I was shocked how far it took us from shore. The guys explained when that happens you have to swim on a diagonal towards shore otherwise your energy will be spent futile.
So the guy with the flippers pulled stacy back on the surfboard. I held the small float device and the other guy helped pull me in. But the time we got back to shore we were pretty shook up. Those lifeguards literally saved our lives. I’m not sure how much longer Stacy could have kept herself afloat. I was really scared.
Last night in bed I kept feeling that horrific feeling of the waves and the feeling of being helpless watching the love of my life struggle to stay alive. She was close to death and it really put a new perspective on things.
I’m happy to be alive to tell this tale. We learned some valuable lessons and learned to respect and understand the mighty ocean. Also realizing that we don’t know when our last day will be so live and love as much as you can today and right now.
We will make an update video soon and talk about it but we are not ready to talk on camera about it yet.
Love you guys. ❤️🙏
~ Shane @sexy_shane