Helping Ethan Up
The team helped lift Ethan onto the boat, where he gasped for air and regained his breath. “Ethan, buddy, can you hear us?”
a crewmate asked as they laid him gently on the deck. Ethan coughed and nodded weakly, his chest heaving as he sucked in the salty air. “
Yeah… I’m okay,” he rasped, voice hoarse from the struggle. They wrapped him in a blanket, and he finally began to regain some color, looking up at his rescuers.