Makes Me Think - Today, I was the only one who could swim and could've jumped in to save him in time, but I just stood there in shock, panicking. And will now I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive myself. MMT

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Today, I was the only one who could swim and could've jumped in to save him in time, but I just stood there in shock, panicking. And will now I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive myself. MMT

#16544 (2) - Aug 9, 2012 by MaryBlack - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (491) - No, that made me sleepy. (15)

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You can't blame yourself. Who's to say even if you jumped in you would have saved him? You panicked and froze--that's not unusual. You did nothing wrong.