*"Get back! Get back!" "Women and children first!" "Another one overboard sir." "GET BACK!" Jensen backed into the wall, feeling seawater pound against his ankles, hearing panicked shouts in a muted tone. He was hustled into a lifeboat, his pleas of finding his mom falling on deaf ears. "We can't wait any longer sir, we have to cast off NOW." "GO." "MOM! DAD! MOM! PLEASE!" The 7 year old watched in horror as the ship creaked and shrieked as it split in two, the half on fire illuminating silhouettes jumping into the dark water. Cries emanating from the whirlpool slowly turned to hushed gurgles and then to the loudest silence ever heard. "Mom." From the overcrowded lifeboat he could see the water still into its cruel indifference, ignoring
