Success! With effort, the victim is rescued. They’re in a bad way, but away from harm. A rescuer tends to the victim’s needs.
And so at last they were able to haul the man through the thud and tug of the sea to the shore, where he unfastened himself and dropped down onto the sand of the beach. He was shivering and exhausted, but he was safe. Storm Boy ran down to help him up to the humpy.
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Eventually she got the teen there, safely away from the flicker and flare of the flames to the window, where he scrunched his eyes and jumped three metres to the footpath, landing with a thud. Singed and bruised, but alive. Amelia rushed over, wrapped the boy’s shoulders in a blanket, and quickly lead him to a nearby water tap.
He crashed into the side of the van and hooked the oar around the wing mirror, fighting to hold himself in place against the tumble and tow of the water, while the woman shattered the driver side window with what looked like a tin of beans, scattering chunks of auto glass across Xavier’s back and shoulders. She hauled herself through the window and flopped onto the back of the kayak, like a seal landing on a deck. She almost capsized them, but she was calm enough to hold on tight. Xavier let the van go and paddled them back towards the servo.
