When the water swallowed Csitlin, she had no sense of direction. She paniced, kicking out. Perhaps caitlins greatest fear was drowning, based on a traumatic experience as a child. Her fear took over, and she lost all sense of anything. Her handbag pulled her down somewhat, but she had no strength to shrug her jacket off, and then her handbag.

she foolishly opened her mouth, and seawater poured in, finding its way down her throat. Some how, her lungs burning, sje broke the surface, gasping in air and than coughing violently. She didn't know if she had the strength to reach a lifeboat bobbing along. She kicked out, aiming for one.

she reached one after a long struggle, but found she had no energy to pull herself into it. "He-help" she cried out weakly, jer throat sore, coughing once again