[qrybam]

Ditto. I remember my drowning in a swimming pool very vividly. I was around 9 at the time, couldn't swim and was sitting on one of those foam floats. A friend of mine (he didn't know about my lack of swimming ability) pushed me off the float right in the middle of the deep end. This is where the article's description really hits home with me:

1. I wasn't able to stay afloat in my vertical position (as described)

2. I tried to scream for help, but ended up with a mouth full of chlorine water each time

3. No adults/kids were reacting to me at all

4. I accepted (3) and decided to take matters into my own hands

5. Took the biggest breath I could (wasn't very big), stuck my head underwater, opened my eyes and "swam" as hard as I could to the edge of the pool ... I blacked out on the way

6. An adult found me unconscious underwater, holding onto the side of the pool, blue in the face

7. CPR

8. I'm here to tell the tale \o/

(edit: formatting)

[Filligree]

Doesn't sound like the drowning reflex kicked in for you, there.