I Just Kept Swimming

I Survived

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Talk Radio

3.2 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

After being stranded at sea with three friends when their catamaran flips, Tamara decides their best option is to try and swim to shore. After the unimaginable trauma of watching one of her friends killed by a shark just yards away, Tamara tries to remain calm despite the horrific scene she has witnessed. Sponsors: Squarespace: Head to Squarespace.com/survive for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use offer code SURVIVE to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. PDS Debt: PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/survived Take back your financial freedom today by visiting PDSDEBT.com/survived Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	an A&E original podcast.
0:02.8	This episode contains descriptions of violence.
0:06.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.0	It's, I guess it is that state of mind and I didn't feel exhausted. I didn't feel and I'm sure that's just all
0:20.0	inner strength, adrenaline,
0:24.0	nobody knows what they're going to do.
0:30.0	Tamara Ennis grew up between Indiana and Kansas and always knew she wouldn't be a lifetime
0:36.1	Midwesterner.
0:37.1	So after I spent just my junior and senior high school days there in Indiana, I moved to, I said bye and I'm going to Florida.
0:45.0	Tamar's parents knew someone that lived in Vero Beach, Florida, so that seemed as good a place as any to move.
0:53.0	So I moved to Vero Beach, which we called Zero Beach back then.
0:57.3	Nothing was going on.
0:59.0	Just stayed there probably less than a year.
1:01.9	Decided to move up to Daytona. I was in the restaurant business at the time,
1:05.6	just waiting tables and things. I think it was my 21st birthday or 20th, then I had
1:11.1	$11 to my name. I was so bored and I drove past the Daytona Hilton
1:16.4	which is the nicest place there and I said I'm gonna work there and they had a
1:19.5	rooftop restaurant. It was like a five-star restaurant and sure enough I got a job there.
1:24.0	That's where that's why I started working and yeah met a lot of really cool people there
1:28.6	because that's where all the race car drivers went and some of the celebrities and
1:32.0	things like that for the
1:33.1	daytime of 500 so I got to meet a lot of people. Very great experience there.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from A&E / PodcastOne, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of A&E / PodcastOne and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.