Roger did not realize his arms had stopped flailing. He did not hear a voice shouting, “Grab him, he’s sinking!” He did not feel arms go under both his shoulders. He was not aware that he was being pulled up and lifted onto something.
He did not feel a blanket being thrown over him. He was unaware of the sound of an engine starting to roar or that he was being lifted up and hoisted over a railing. In his mind he was beginning to sink. The waves breaking over him were making it impossible to breathe.
He could barely hear the ship’s doctor say, “Take him down to the infirmary. We’ve got to warm him up.”