The Andrea Gail is suspected to be in the zero-moment point and this means that the boat is in a position that can no longer be corrected. Being in this position indicates that it has turned over and will sink to the bottom of the ocean, along with its crew. Also, the crew is thought to be drowning in the ocean because of the capsized ship. The author describes the different ways that someone can drown and he also describes what it feels like when someone is drowning. The feeling of drowning is told with reference to the story of a man named James Lowson. This man experienced what it feels likes to drown and lived to tell the tale. With the use of this story, drowning is described as a painless way to die, where you also think about many different aspects of your life before you black out.
This chapter was used to help explain what the Andrea Gail and its crew might be going through at the moment. The ship being wrecked and the crew being dead are just some assumptions that are being made about the Andrea Gail's situation. Also, when the author describes the different ways that someone can drown, they all revolved around the same concept. This is the concept of our primary need of having enough air to survive. When drowning, you do everything possible in order to get the air needed for you to survive and if this air cannot be acquired, your body shuts down and you die.
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