The Lake It was early July and my friend Chad and I decided to join his family at the lake. Chad's family was already at the lake and had an extra room in the condo. So we thought, hell, we could go boating. It's true. The lake is about two hours away. We were riding in Chad's dad's convertible sports car, so the driving was pretty nice. We drove through winding canyons and long, straight roads slightly exceeding the speed limit. We arrived at our destination at record time, which didn't seem to please his parents too much. Alongside Chad's family of four brothers and a sister were neighboring friends and their five-year-old son Nick. The rest of the day was spent playing miniature golf and wrestling with Chad's little brothers. The next morning, Chad's parents and I went to rent the boat. We picked up the boat and loaded it with the gear. We divided the family into groups so everyone could spend their own time on the boat. Our group was the one that wanted to ski, wakeboard, ride the tube, and jump off the tube. The other group was made up of people who didn't want to ski or were too young. All the youngest were part of this group. Our group was the first to get the boat. We spent hours and hours on the lake and had an amazing time, even though I had one of the worst sunburns of my life. We returned with the boat so the other group could take their turn. As the second group left on the boat, we decided to just go and lounge in the pool. After about a half hour, Chad's mother came running in and said that they had had an accident with the boat and that little Nick had passed out. We ran out of the pool to see what exactly had happened. Chad's sister told us that another boat was going too fast in the no wake zone without paying attention and hit the front of our boat. When the boats collided, it took a few minutes for everyone to notice that Nick was lying face down on the bottom of the boat. Panic broke out when his mother noticed him lying there, motionless. It turns out that the other boat hit this little boy in the head when