Actor Danny DeVito will never forget that day he almost drowned during a family vacation in Coast Rica earlier this year.
Washington, Sept 7 : Actor Danny DeVito will never forget that day he almost drowned during a family vacation in Coast Rica earlier this year.
The actor was engulfed by a giant wave while swimming in the sea, leaving him feeling as if he was being churned in a washing machine.
"I go out (into the sea) and I look back at the shore and there's people setting up their blankets and stuff and a smile comes over my face and everything's good," Contactmusic quoted De Vito, as saying.
"And then I start to come in, and a wave comes at me, and then another wave comes from the back of me and I'm a strong swimmer but really struggling now. It's like what they call rip tide. I'm pushing as hard as I can and now my arms are starting to feel like (Sylvester Stallone's boxing character) Rocky Balboa in the last round. I'm getting churned like in a washing machine," he added.
Luckily, people heard his cries for help and a person quickly jumped in with a surfboard.
DeVito was finally hauled out of water and was badly choking and coughing.
"I start choking on water (and think), 'I'm drowning, this is what it's like to drown!' So I yell, 'Help!' and my son sees it and so does the guy who was bringing the surfboards with him," he said.
His wife actress Rhea Perlman offered him a towel since his bathing suit was swept away by the tide.
"Rhea jumps up, the guys come down, give me the surfboard and I grab onto it like a cod fish. And I'm churning and I can't touch (the ground) because I'm in five foot of water. They're OK, so they pull me out and I finally get my footing and I'm choking and I'm coughing. And Rhea's running at me with a towel. And I say, 'Rhea, I'm choking, I don't need a towel.' She says, 'Yes, you do. You don't have a bathing suit on,'" DeVito added.
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