Introduction
A. Have you ever been in a situation where you were filled with fear?
1. All that fear went to your brain, and you did not know how to react.
B. I experienced that same uncertainty when I was on vacation years ago in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
C. However, I did not feel hesitant for long because I knew I had to respond to that particular situation.
D. Today, I will tell you about that occurrence and the lesson it taught me. transition: The day of the incident began with an early morning and ended with an ever longer night.
I. A late evening with family is usually enjoyable, and this particular evening seemed to be no exception.
A. That June evening was magnificent, with perfect conditions adding to the excitement of our plans to chase sand crabs on
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I felt ecstatic as I caught one crab after another on the beach, taking in the background sounds of the waves crashing into the shore at the same time. transition: My sister, on the other hand, was far from ecstatic, which later created the problem of this story.
II. With each powerless crab I seized, my sister began to get more frustrated.
A. She had not gotten a turn to capture a crab, which I was unaware of.
1. I had my own net, and my cousin and sister were supposed to share a net.
B. The problem was that my cousin had not shared the net with my sister.
1. This thoughtlessness angered my sister so she decided to make her way back to the beach house without telling anyone.
2. I had not realized she had left until I did not get a response when I called her name.
C. When I realized she was gone, I panicked, not knowing what to do.
1. My first instinct was to burst into tears at the thought of what could have happened to her.
a. I thought she might have been taken because there were many people on the beach.
b. I then considered the possibility that she might have been pulled into the current of the ocean because it was quite strong.
2. I was angry at myself for having fun and not paying attention to