It was
a nice day in the summer of Cleveland, Ohio. It was the beginning of July in
1999, the temperature was at 89ºF and Matt had invited his girlfriend Yeketerina
and his two friends Dwayne and Larry to go on a boating trip with his
father. So they went on the boat they
couldn’t see anyone else on the water but the water was calm. Then Dwayne had his normal outburst. Dwayne and Larry didn’t get along very well
and they gave each other dirty looks the whole time. So they avoided each other as best they
could. And talked with Matt and Yeketerina
since both of them were friends of Yeketerina and Matt, hence they were
there. As much as they tried they
wouldn’t be able to prevent the inevitable which was emotions flying and them
getting into a fight. They only delayed
it but then Dwayne asked Larry, “Tell me again why you ran for president?”
This
question was asked because both Dwayne and Larry are in a church basketball
league called GOYA. GOYA however also
did some non-basketball activities. GOYA
stood for Greek Orthodox Youth Association and members ranged from ages
12-18. It was an election for president
of the organization and Larry had beaten Dwayne by one vote, which angered Dwayne. Larry responded to this question, “Dwayne
that was like two months ago, let it go already.”
Dwayne
then grabbed Larry and held him against the edge of the boat choking him. Yeketerina came down to try to pull Dwayne
off but Dwayne just shoved Yeketerina out of the way then Larry shoved him
back, Yeketerina ran to Matt. Mr. Hoty was driving the boat so he couldn’t
leave. Dwayne went for a punch; Larry
ducked under it and took him down with a “double leg take down” he had learned
in high school wrestling. He then walked
away because he didn’t really want to fight because he had done it nine times
before and this marked 10 and Larry was getting tired of it. Dwayne had other plans in mind. He got up and punched Larry in the
kidneys. He continued the punching and Larry
dropped to one knee. Larry shifted his
body and placed his arm between his legs grabbing the back of his knee and
lifting up then with his free hand grabbed Dwayne’s head so his body was
balanced on his shoulders. This move is
known as the “Rack” in wrestling. He
then threw Dwayne’s legs over his head and landed on the top half of his
body. This move dazed both members; Dwayne
was bigger than Larry was so this maneuver took a lot out of him. They both lay on the ground and everyone
thought it had ended. Larry then crawled
over and placed his arm over Dwayne’s chest and counted 1-2-3. If it were a match he would’ve won it. He then rolled off. Dwayne was conscience for this but he
couldn’t move to throw the hand off. He
was furious at this. They both got up
and Dwayne punched him in the stomach.
The fight didn’t seem to be over quite yet. It was very surprising nobody tried to stop
them. Matt and Yeketerina were in the
corner cuddled up and Mr. Hoty was driving.
Dwayne grabbed a can of coke and swung it at Larry. Larry ducked under it and started punching
away at his kidneys. He then turned Dwayne
put his arms around both Dwayne’s legs and lifted him up so he was over his
shoulder then he snapped him down on his back still holding his legs. This move is known as a “spinebuster.” Dwayne grabbed his head in pain and Larry sat
down. Dwayne slowly got up and people
thought he’d let it go but he didn’t he grabbed Larry from behind and started
choking him. Larry reached back grabbed Dwayne
by the back of his neck and threw his neck downward onto his shoulder and held
it there. Dwayne released the grip, now
it was Dwayne who was being choked. Larry
then let go, got up and stood on the seat and Dwayne took three steps back and
held his neck coughing. Larry jumped off
the seat and lunged at Dwayne. He
knocked Dwayne over and then he started stomping on the upper half of his
body. He was infuriated now. Matt ran in and held Larry back he thought
they had enough fighting for one day. Dwayne
got up and punched Larry in the stomach while Matt was holding him back. Matt got out of the way because that was a
very low thing to do and something that didn’t take too many guts in fact, it
took a lack of them. Larry then gave him
another double leg takedown and lifted his legs so they were at his armpits,
turned Dwayne over and put pressure on his back. This move is known as the “lion tamer.” Larry only kept it on for about five seconds
for he knew it caused a lot of pain; he let him go and walked away. Dwayne got up and charged at Larry, Larry
then ducked and gave him a “back body drop” which is when your duck and your
opponent is running at you and they trip over your back but the person lifts at
the same time creating him to fly over your back. Dwayne did fly over Larry’s back but since Larry
was by the side of the boat, Dwayne flew over the side and crashed into the
water. Mr. Hoty heard the splash and
turned back to see if he could find Dwayne, they never found Dwayne and after a
half-hour of looking for Dwayne, they knew he had drowned. It never crossed Larry’s conscience that he
was responsible for the death of Dwayne Asos.
Dwayne’s body was never found.
This was mysterious because Larry had read that drowned bodies float to
the top after a while under water. But
if it had someone would have noticed him.
There were no sharks or large marine life in Lake Erie that could have
consumed his body. This was something Larry
wondered about but it was not on the minds of anyone else. It occurred to Larry that he would never be
sure if Dwayne was really dead. Every
morning he combed the paper for an article stating they found Dwayne’s body,
but he never did find that article.
Nobody on that boat told a soul about what happened on that boat that
night. After a month Larry had stopped
trying to find Dwayne’s body. They told Dwayne’s
parents that they didn’t know where Dwayne was and that he said he was going
home and was getting a ride from someone.
Dwayne was of age to drive but he didn’t drive over for the boat ride, Matt
had picked him up and taken him. Larry
was haunted by it the most but it only lasted a month. Dwayne Asos was reported missing. He was never found.
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