[sinkspur]

Well, if he had't "pried her off," they'd be both dead.

No thinking in a situation like that. Just reacting.

[wildwood]

Keith then pried her hands off and floated to the surface

i dunno. i dunno.

[marty60]

Some people are hero's and then some people are not.

[TheDon]

There are no doubt many who made such decisions, some regarding their own family. Some survived, some did not. May I never have to make such a decision.

[dc-zoo]

I'm sure many died trying to save others or pulled down by other dying people.

[daylate-dollarshort]

Thomas and Thisbe Anders

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

My mother just told me about a man who was given a choice by a boat captain to either leave people in the water or take his dying wife to shore to get her to a hospital. If they had taken the time to rescue the other people, his wife would have died. He chose to save his wife. He said that if he had to do it all over again he would do the same thing, but he would be haunted by the people's faces for the rest of his life.

[PGalt]

life

[thathamiltonwoman]

I wonder why he chose to tell this story.