Two Chapel Hill high school students are reflecting on a survival story that turned an end-of-year camping trip into a near-death experience.
Last week, 17-year-old Zain Shah and 18-year-old Kevin Foley, both seniors at Chapel Hill High School, were fishing in the Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina when their buddy trip nearly took a deadly turn.
As the two walked up the side of a riverbank to find a better spot to fly fish, Shah felt a “prick” above his ankle, looking down to find a timber rattlesnake coiled beneath the log they had just crossed, and a bite mark on his lower leg.
“I was scared, I was terrified,” Shah said…