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@Constable_Savage
Not to diminish your siblings' close call in any way but I have a school near death experience.
We had an open air swimming pool in which we did kayaking practice in BATs (stubby, rounded off kayaks). We were practicing getting out in the event of a capsize. We had no paddle and were near the side, for safety purposes. It came to my go and for some reason I had inadvertently jammed my knees in the dimpley bits and my feet stuck to the bottom. I realised my mistake when I was upside down and couldn't eject in the proscribed manner. I slapped the bottom of the vessel in the "help me" panic mode and started doggie paddling to try and get me face our if the water. This propelled me towards the centre of the pool and further away than my classmates wanted to reach.
Finally someone jumped in but didn't help me to get any air. Oh no, they just pushed the inverted boat back to the side I had come from which was further away than the opposite side. I eventually got my head out of water and was able to untangle myself. I looked about and the teacher was at the far end of the pool inside the school talking to a colleague. Totally oblivious and subsequently didn't care.