Time Frame: Tunnel of Love Incident
POV: Ellis
Main Event: Keith nearly drowns
Did I ever tell you about the time that Keith almost drowned in the Tunnel of Love? Sure I did, but Nick yelled at me so I didn't get to finish.
So, he was messin around on the swan and what happened was, he touched his girlfriend's boob and she got mad and gave him a shove. I don't think she meant to push him off the swan but he was already scooted close to the side and in he went.
I wasn't there at that point on account of bein single at the time. I was just waitin around for them to come out, but I heard a ruckus from in there and I just KNEW it had somethin to do with him, so I took off into the Tunnel. I was runnin along the side and callin out cause I heard a girl yellin and I could tell it was Brandi. When I caught up to the swan she was yellin from, I called out again and asked where Keith was. She said he fell in and she couldn't see him.
So in I jumped. The water was oddly deep, had to be almost five feet at the area we were in. I started feelin around and I ran into Keith only a few seconds in, but I had no idea how long he was under water before I got there. His shoe got caught up in the machinery so I yanked his foot out of it and drug him over to the side where the carnival crew walked. Even water-logged he wasn't heavy, bein that my adrenaline was through the roof.
He wasn't movin a bit and I was shakin him around and sayin his name, tryin to revive him but nothin was happenin. So I told myself, "Shit, this is the time that CPR class I took is gonna have to pay off." And I started givin him the CPR.
Now what they don't tell you in the class is that if a person aspirated water into their lungs, not only does the water come out when you fill the lungs with air, they also throw up sometimes. So, the second I started, EVERYTHING came back up…into my mouth. Dirty carnival ride water, saliva, stomach acid, Dr. Pepper, and a chewed up mixture of corndog, fried funnel cake, cotton candy, chili, turkey leg, and tater tots. Of course I threw up right after. My best friend just puked in my mouth!
Luckily Keith came to, but we were kicked out of the carnival. As soon as we're alone, which I didn't want to happen for the rest of the night cause I know how he gets, Keith hugs me and gets all gushy about me savin him. I just patted him on the back, told him to calm down and not worry about it cause he would have done the same for me, and has.