It began on Thursday when I was doing a little “yard work” on some property I had recently bought. I was on my bulldozer working around a pond when the pond’s edge gave way and down I went, bulldozer and all.
It rolled over and sank upside down about 15 feet; I couldn’t see a thing. It was dark and quiet, except for the pounding of my heart. I grabbed onto the cool exhaust pipe and switched off the engine before the dozer completely submerged… I have no idea why, reflexes from cutting off race car engines I guess. When it hit bottom I began trying to find my way out—the cab was enclosed on three sides by a wire mesh cage and the ‘open’ end had two rollbars in front of it.
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