Water's Edge
“Turing his head to the side, he saw Hal, his face tilted back and his eyes closed, floating about six feet away from him. Tom swam to him.
“Hal!”
There was no response. Hal’s lips were slightly blue.
Tom grabbed one of the straps on Hal’s life jacket. They came around a bend into a calmer stretch of water. Tom saw that the raft was out of the river and resting on rocks in a shallow area. Rick, Nick, and Wheeler were looking upstream.
“Over here!” Tom shouted.
Wheeler saw them and dived into the... water.
“He’s unconscious or worse,” Tom sputtered when Wheeler reached them. “Got caught in tree limbs and was pulled under.”
“Get to shore,” Wheeler said. “I’ll take him.”
Wheeler grabbed Hal in a rescue hold and started pulling him toward the shallows. They continued to move downriver. Rick and Nick ran along the shore. Tom reached the bank slightly ahead of Wheeler and stumbled onto the rocks. Rick came up to him.
“What happened to your face?” he asked.
Tom looked down and saw blood dripping onto his wet suit.MoreLess
“Hal!”
There was no response. Hal’s lips were slightly blue.
Tom grabbed one of the straps on Hal’s life jacket. They came around a bend into a calmer stretch of water. Tom saw that the raft was out of the river and resting on rocks in a shallow area. Rick, Nick, and Wheeler were looking upstream.
“Over here!” Tom shouted.
Wheeler saw them and dived into the... water.
“He’s unconscious or worse,” Tom sputtered when Wheeler reached them. “Got caught in tree limbs and was pulled under.”
“Get to shore,” Wheeler said. “I’ll take him.”
Wheeler grabbed Hal in a rescue hold and started pulling him toward the shallows. They continued to move downriver. Rick and Nick ran along the shore. Tom reached the bank slightly ahead of Wheeler and stumbled onto the rocks. Rick came up to him.
“What happened to your face?” he asked.
Tom looked down and saw blood dripping onto his wet suit.MoreLess
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