"Help!"
He was walking along the riverbank when he heard the shout.
A woman was caught in the current, not waving but drowning.
"Hang on," he called back, as if hanging on was an option.
He found a branch on the ground that had recently snapped off a tree. He grasped it and extended it out towards the woman who gripped the other hand with one hand.
She was stronger than he was and before he knew it he was also in the drink.
"Now what?" he asked as they were both swept downstream.
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