Date: 4/14/2023
By Juliaaramini
Me, my mom, my sister, and her boyfriend were staying in an Airbnb in Palm Springs together, and the backyard of the house looked out on a river. It was sunset, and we were in the car about to leave for dinner when hundreds of boats started racing by. There was a road that was perfectly water level and right next to the river, so we decided to drive next to them for fun. I was standing with my head out of the sun roof of the car, and we whipped around a corner when we hydroplaned and flew straight into the river. There was a big drop off so the car sank immediately. I got out easily because I was already half out in the sun roof, and my mom escaped fast too, but my sister was stuck and her boyfriend was trying to save her. Me and my mom got separated by a boat on the surface and I was yelling trying to tell her that my sister and her bf were still down there. The scene was actually beautiful, the water was vividly blue and the sunset was very bright Orange and pink, the grass on the embankment was saturated green and the road was lined with white houses that all looked the same. Everything sparkled and had a very fake almost plastic look to it. I woke up when me and my mom started swimming back down for my sister.