Have you been close to death and how did it feel?

[Snowslide]

One time when I was maybe 5 or 6, my parents went out for the night and left me with a babysitter. We lived out in the country, and the baby sitter came straight from work, and had a shower while my parents finished getting ready. The baby sitter was almost finished the shower when my parents knocked on the bathroom door telling her their ride was there, and she said she would be out in a couple minutes, so my parents left. There were left overs on the counter for the babysitter, and I grabbed a piece of chicken as I watched my parents drive away. The shower was still going. I started choking on a chicken bone, and kind of panicked, I just stood there, choking, not knowing what to do. I watched my parents get to the end of the driveway (being in a farming community, the drive way was probably 500 yards long), I remember seeing the car turn around, after that I don't really remember much. Basically, my mom left her purse or something, and came in to find me on the floor with a piece of chicken beside me, and game me the hymlec manouver (sp), and I can sorta remember gasping for air. My throat hurt like hell, but I was fine. Probably killed a few brain cells though!!
Wow, this turned into kind of an essay.
I mooned about 200 hells angels once too. I did not realize how stupid this was at the time. I was 17.

peace,
*mike*

EDIT:
To answer the question how it felt, kinda sureal I guess. It was not until I was much older that I realized how close I was to dying.