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It was summer, Karol had arranged with some friends to go to a waterfall near the city, and the big day had come. Karol's mother said goodbye with the famous "Be careful!" but she did not listen as usual. When they reached a point on the road, it was already possible to hear the sound of the water and see some snake danger plates, but that didn’t cause them to be afraid, they arrived at the clearing and saw the big waterfall. At the same time, they dropped their bags and ran for water, but Karol wanted more, she wanted to jump off a rope swing that was at the top of the waterfall. She didn't even think twice and climbed to the top, held the rope, looked down, saw his friends celebrate, and ... Her arms started to shake, legs too, her hands started to sweat. "I can't go back now." Thought Karol. The more time passed, the more difficult it was to go back. Now the only way out was to go ahead. “What if the rope breaks? What if I don't have the strength to hold on? I WILL FALL!” were the only things she thought about for 14 minutes in same position. "ENOUGH!” she cried out to her thoughts, and finally jumped. She felt the wind on her face, heard only the sound of water falling. The fear was no longer there, but it was a peace as if it could fly like a bird, she released the rope and let her body follow the path. That feeling was worth the experience. Silence is all that exists in her mind, it was now at the bottom of the river, and when it came out of the water, the silence was broken by the screams of friends celebrating. There was no more fear. "The worst has gone!" thought. After they decided to have lunch, slowly they left the water until only Karol and Mike were talking on a rock. "Did you know that it’s possible to go after the waterfall?" She asked confident. “Do you want to go over there? The water is very strong.” Mike replied worried, but this time she was already planning the best place to enter. "Look! If we put our foot in there, we can step on the rock behind and get in. I'm going ahead!" She said cheerfully. But his mother's words were ignored and she didn't realize there was no stone there, his foot sank. The water immediately pushed Karol down hard. She couldn't feel the ground several meters deep, desperation started to overwhelm Karol, the peace of minutes ago was gone. There were many reasons to be afraid: snakes, old ropes, rocks, who would have guessed that the real danger was a leap into the unknown. Now with all his strength swimming upwards, trying futilely to get out of there. Despair was everything; she started thinking as quickly as possible about strategies to get out of there. Swimming as hard as she could against the water, she raised her arm high in the hope that Mike would see her. Uselessly, he did not see. The water pushed again. She gave another strong impulse, she was out of breath "and if I dive and follow the water until I get there? she thought " NO, I can't risk it. ". Another strong upward impulse. "I don't believe that." She thought tiredly, even though everything happened in less than 15 seconds. Another strong impulse: "I'm going to raise my hand again! I can't take any more swimming!" a few sips of water, Mike grabbed the slippery fingertips and pulled it out. "DO YOU WANT TO DIE?" her fast heartbeat, desperate for life, big red eyes fixed on Mike, shaking hands, now in real danger. "You saved my life!" she whispered almost without a voice and Mike hugged her. Mike, he was a guest of his friend Stacy and had never seen Karol before. A near death situation is enough to get people to join ther.