Some things can be fought and some things need to be conceded to - anyone who has ever had a wave crash down and bounce you along the bottom for a bit understands this...like being pushed by a locomotive.
From the book, Collateral Crimes:
He felt as if he were reliving a memory. He was 11, back in Newport Beach, struggling against a wave that had just crashed in front of him, icy water slamming him down, holding him under, the salt stinging his sinuses. What had his father told him? Push off the bottom and grab a lungful of air before it pulls you back down. Push off the bottom.
He couldn’t feel the bottom.