[Starstruck]

“The water almost reached the ceiling, but I wasn't afraid because I knew I could swim, but my husband couldn’t.”

I think you were told to get the hell out of there, but you were smarter than that.

[Twinkie]

Lady; no matter how good a swimmer you think you are, treading water for a long period of time exhausts a person & you can only do so for only so long.