How to save a life while also saving your own (short story)

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          One bitter cold day out in the country with my cousins would shockingly become the day I saved a boys life and my own. A friend I had met a couple months before had been sending me snapchats and was in a bad place at the time.
        I made sure you know I did I told him multiple times "I'm here for you, you're not alone, if you need anything just ask" suddenly I got another Snapchat from him and of course I opened it but all it said was "call 9" and I had a pit in my stomach. Immediately I ran to my cousin who also knew this boy, and told her she immediately called another mutual friend who had the number of this boys grandma and started making calls while I talked to the 911 operator.
      Next thing I know I'm being told my friend is being put into a therapy program and will be there for a while. As soon as he got out and got his phone back he thanked me. That's when I realized I didn't just save his life I saved my own.
    I know I can't do anything like that to the people around me and I know that if I did I'd regret it.

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