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Fisherman, Cuba-Canada long liner, I jumped ship 02/18/2000...
I was seven years old, it was summer and I was as usual spending my summer holiday sailing the seas around Denmark in my parent self-build sailing boat...
Because of the bite of a coral snake (micrurus lemniscatus), during the fifth day after the bite I suffered a breathing break because of the collapse of the left lung...
It was approximately 10:00 at night...
As a preamble to this story, I want you to know that up until that moment (1981), I was used to swimming in swimming pools and quiet waters...
Death caused by hypobulimic shock...
Visiting a friend's place a few houses down from where I lived with my parents, I straightened an old Christmas decoration that was hanging from an old glass light fixture on the ceiling...
First Experience: My friends and I were typical teenagers looking for an 'alternative experience'...
My swimming teacher instructed the class to swim to the other end of the pool with a kickboard and by holding it with one hand...
As I waited for the third blood transfusion to be given to me...
I went to the doctor on a Monday evening in July 1975 I was sent to the hospital and the next day I had emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix and possible peritonitis...
Before giving birth to my son, the nurse informed me that I was dilated at 7 cm and that they were taking me into delivery...
