to be honest, i'm a little tuckered out. i am exhausted because i saved my friend (and painter extraordinaire) Rob Streff from drowning on this last saturday, August 4 2007. we were in the wild Cascade mountains in central Oregon when the unthinkable happened. jeff and i started swimming across a lake when rob jumped in and halfway across got a leg cramp and started to panic. i tried to calm him by telling him to breathe deeply, but he started to hyperventilate. then he couldn't get a breath and repeated 20 or 30 times "i can't breathe!". his head went under. so at this point i deftly swam to where he was and allowed him to cling to my neck while i supported him with one hand. i was slightly apprehensive about this because i have heard about people drowning their rescuers...luckily this did not happen and i helped get Rob in to shore and jeff assisted when he was able to reach us. all in all i suppose that i could be called a "HERO" and maybe when you think of me you could think of the word "HERO" and all that. i am just happy that i was able to give rob the best gift of all, the gift of life.
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yes. i would not be allowed the precious gift of life without mike the hero's presence in my life. tiss the story true. thank you mike. thank you.
I am Rob's father, and I wish to say thank you.
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