Unali m'mawa wabwino pa Julayi 20, 1981, pomwe mnyamata wazaka 24 wotchedwa David Allen Kirwan, wochokera La Cañada Flintridge anali kuyendetsa kudera lotentha la Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot ku Wyoming. Anapita kumeneko ndi mnzake Ronald Ratliff ndi galu wa Ratliff Moosie. Nthawi imeneyo, sanadziwe kuti posachedwa akumana ndi zoopsa kwambiri m'moyo wawo.
Masana atafika komwe amapita, adayimitsa galimoto yawo ndikupita kukawona akasupe. Pambuyo pake, atangoyenda patali ndi galimoto yawo, mwadzidzidzi, galu wawo Moosie adathawa mgalimotomo ndikuthamangira komwe, ndikungodumphira mu Dziwe la Celestine lapafupi - kasupe wotentha womwe kutentha kwake kwamadzi kumayesedwa pamwambapa 200 ° F - kenako idayamba kutsika.
Anathamangira ku dziwe kuti akathandize galu wawo pamavuto, ndipo malingaliro a Kirwan anali akuwoneka ngati akufuna kulowa mchitsime chotentha pambuyo pake. Malinga ndi owona, anthu angapo kuphatikiza Ratliff adayesa kuchenjeza Kirwan pomukalipira kuti asadumphire m'madzi. Koma anafuula ndi chipwirikiti, “Monga gehena sindidzatero!”, Kenako adakwera masitepe ake awiri ndikupita padziwe ndipo posakhalitsa nkhunda yake idayamba kulowa mchitsime chowira!
Kirwan adasambira ndikufikira galu ndikuyesera kupita naye kumtunda; zitatha izi, adasowa m'madzi. Atasiya galu, adayesetsa kudzikweza atatuluka kasupe. Ratliff adathandizira kuti amutulutse, zomwe zidamupsa kwambiri. Pomwe ena omwe adayimilira adatsogolera Kirwan kupita kumalo otseguka pafupi, kuyesa kumutonthoza mpaka ambulansi ibwere. Pa nthawiyo akuti anali kung'ung'udza, “Kumeneku kunali kupusa. Ndine woipa motani? Ndinachita zopusa kwambiri. ”
Kirwan analidi wowoneka bwino kwambiri. Maso ake anali atayera komanso akhungu, ndipo tsitsi lake linali likudziyenderera pansi. Wochezera paki atafuna kuchotsa nsapato yake, khungu lake - lomwe linali litayamba kale kusenda paliponse - linali litabwera nalo. Anatenthedwa digiri yachitatu mpaka 100% ya thupi lake. Atatha maola ovuta, m'mawa mwake David Kirwan adamwalira kuchipatala cha Salt Lake City. Moosie nayenso sanapulumuke. Thupi lake silinapezeke konse padziwe.
