(With burning lungs and three short coughs, he sucked in the sweet air of life and clung to the log in a desperate attempt to stay afloat!) I love reading this phrase, in fact I imagine the scene, I also imagined the moment of making the decision to jump into the water, it's like those moments when the waves lift my surfboard with all their might, you have a lot of talent for writing, you make us get involved in the story and even imagine the different scenes.