Mohammed Attieh
Lost On The Beach
It was the worst vacation I ever had. It was a beautiful summer day and we were playing on the most amazing gold coast, called Bournemouth Beach, which is located south of the United Kingdom. It was sunny and that beach was full of people. The disaster happened but the problem was we did not know when it is started.
It was 11 am. We were playing on the beach and I was busy trying to build a sand castle by the water. My brother, Hashim, asked me where the toilet was and asked me to go with him but I totally ignore him. Despite that I was only four years old, but I remember every detail like it happened just now. I cannot imagine I ignored my brother but this behavior changed my life.
When my brother finished at the toilet, he walked in the opposite direction from where our family was sitting. After one hour I felt worried and thought did I need to tell my parents? Or should I look around? Maybe I will find him around. I decided to tell my mother. We all felt there was a problem, but the real problem was we were on the beach which mean there is more than 15 toilets, each with almost 20 rooms and a long distance between each of them. Now we start talking we did not know what we should do, call police or look for him?
We decided to separate into groups and start looking for him everywhere. After 5 hours looking for Hashim we felt hopeless because it was 4 pm, and we still had not found him, so my dad called police. They arrived immediately and they recommended we go back to the hotel while they searched. At the hotel while we were waiting for any new thing happen we were watching TV with small hope. Suddenly, Hashim pictures showed up on the all TV channels and his story was told on the radio. We directly said they cannot find him.
While policemen were looking for him, and the TV and radio talk about him the police station received a call from the fire station it saying they had Hashim. What happened was, Hashim was walking on another side of the city and he accidentally crossed away from the fire station and the firemen saw him. They immediately took him and he received very good care from them. Finally, he was back and it was 7:30 pm, that was a long time to his messing and it was a very sad day. In fact, he was in excellent condition after that good care.
In the end, it was good vacation until this disaster happened because of my careless mess, but I learned good lesson. Our experience was horrible but with unity it turned out ok. We hope it would not happen again. I cannot forget this day and I still tell this story to people to take precaution. It was one of the worst things that happened to us as a family.
Lost On The Beach
It was the worst vacation I ever had. It was a beautiful summer day and we were playing on the most amazing gold coast, called Bournemouth Beach, which is located south of the United Kingdom. It was sunny and that beach was full of people. The disaster happened but the problem was we did not know when it is started.
It was 11 am. We were playing on the beach and I was busy trying to build a sand castle by the water. My brother, Hashim, asked me where the toilet was and asked me to go with him but I totally ignore him. Despite that I was only four years old, but I remember every detail like it happened just now. I cannot imagine I ignored my brother but this behavior changed my life.
When my brother finished at the toilet, he walked in the opposite direction from where our family was sitting. After one hour I felt worried and thought did I need to tell my parents? Or should I look around? Maybe I will find him around. I decided to tell my mother. We all felt there was a problem, but the real problem was we were on the beach which mean there is more than 15 toilets, each with almost 20 rooms and a long distance between each of them. Now we start talking we did not know what we should do, call police or look for him?
We decided to separate into groups and start looking for him everywhere. After 5 hours looking for Hashim we felt hopeless because it was 4 pm, and we still had not found him, so my dad called police. They arrived immediately and they recommended we go back to the hotel while they searched. At the hotel while we were waiting for any new thing happen we were watching TV with small hope. Suddenly, Hashim pictures showed up on the all TV channels and his story was told on the radio. We directly said they cannot find him.
While policemen were looking for him, and the TV and radio talk about him the police station received a call from the fire station it saying they had Hashim. What happened was, Hashim was walking on another side of the city and he accidentally crossed away from the fire station and the firemen saw him. They immediately took him and he received very good care from them. Finally, he was back and it was 7:30 pm, that was a long time to his messing and it was a very sad day. In fact, he was in excellent condition after that good care.
In the end, it was good vacation until this disaster happened because of my careless mess, but I learned good lesson. Our experience was horrible but with unity it turned out ok. We hope it would not happen again. I cannot forget this day and I still tell this story to people to take precaution. It was one of the worst things that happened to us as a family.