Almost Died!

Hello! Welcome back to another one of my blogs! I am sure most people have encountered a thunderstorm before, even once in their lives. However, I don’t think most people are dumb enough to go out for a ride on their bikes during a thunderstorm like my best friend and me. So, today I am going to tell you guys about an incident where I almost got killed by a thunderstorm.

Many of you who read my last blog probably saw a picture of lightning and me saying how much I find thunderstorms and lightning fascinating, even though it tried to kill me four years prior to when the picture was taken. Although, it was our fault for the most part. I even remember the exact day it happened: March 6, 2016. I remember my best friend wanting to go out to ride our bikes like we always do, but since there was a thunderstorm, we decided to call it off for the day. I wish we had gone forward with that decision, but both of us came up with the bright idea of going out for a ride anyway, thinking what could have possibly happened. In the beginning, it was smooth sailing. We were enjoying ourselves in the light drizzle of rain. However, after a few moments, everything took a steep turn into disaster road. The wind was blowing so hard that we could not ride, push the pedals, and go forward with our bikes. To make things worse, we were in the middle of the street. This happened back in Bangladesh, and there are tricycles called rickshaws on the road that you can ride to go from one place to another used as public transport. The rickshaws operate by pedals too, so there were not able to go forward either. And because of their weight, they were coming backwards towards us. My glasses, of course, blew away with the wind making my eyesight even worse. Moreover, the wind was so harsh that we could not keep our eyes open anyway. I peeked a little bit, and saw my friend pushing a rickshaw with all his strength just to prevent it from running him over. I thought I would die that day, but after a few minutes, the wind became tame enough for us to go forward with our bikes again. And luckily, my place was just nearby. So we pedaled our way to safety. Although that was an experience I will never forget in my entire life.

This would’ve been me if the wind didn’t stop.

Even though the incident could almost take our lives, I feel it was something memorable and to laugh about looking back. It may sound weird, but I am glad I went out on my bike with my best friend in the thunderstorm. Sometimes the most incredible memories are created with the dumbest and the most impulsive decisions. Now, I am not saying to risk your lives as we did just for fun. That’s not okay! But making impulsive choices with your friends, like going on a nice trip somewhere, may be worthwhile because something overthinking might cause you not to do it at all.

What me and my friend thought we were.