Flamingo Prose CH 3 Deep Water — ENGLISH STD 12 Commerce — Question

William O. Douglas had just learnt swimming. One day, an eighteen-year-old big bruiser picked him up and tossed him into the nine feet deep end of the Y.M.C.A. pool. He hit the water surface in a sitting position. He swallowed water and went at once to the bottom. He nearly died in this misadventure.