the three girls stood on the deck
of the boat and looked at the sky

they were frozen in time
and meghan finally broke the silence

she screamed marion, laura, move we have to get out
of here.

marion's eyes were wide and meghan pushed her,
marion, marion, she grabbed her by the shoulders
and shook her. marion looked at her with wide eyes
and shook her head up and down,
meghan, yelled, go pull down the first sail

laura, head over to the second and third sail, i'll start the
motor and be right with you.

all three girls ran at the same time
laura grabbed the ropes to the first sail

meghan turned on the engine

and ran back to help laura bring down the second and third sheets.

marion brought in number one and tied it off.

the rain started coming in little drops and then
it started to come down like rivers of water fast and furious
the rain was sudden and a wave hit the boat and it rose up and
then the boat just dropped.

all three girls were hurled to the floor
rolling and trying to grab on to something so they
stop from going overboard

a moment ago there was calm, now there was nothing
but chaos.

the girls had taken a safety course and they put to work
everything they had learned.

they had tied down all three masts

the lagoon was calm again
and marion and laura were busy buttoning up their safety
vests

meghan grabbed hers and started buttoning up the front when
a loud whistling sound started as a hum and then got louder and
louder meghan turned toward the sound and saw
a huge wave coming toward them.

it crashed down on the small craft
and meghan could hear the motor cut out.

the last time meghan saw marion and laura they were tying themselves to the rail and
meghan could see that they were okay.

the motor was five feet from where she was so she attempted to
crawl on all fours to see if she could reach the engine and see
if she could turn it back on.

the twister hit and the boat was picked up and at the nmoment she felt
like she was on one of her surfboards riding a giant wave

meghan grabbed one of the metal curves that jutted out from the floorboard
and which held different cargoes when they were tied down on the deck.
she latched her fingers between the middle and held on for dear life.

the boat was literally lifted up
it seemed to be going higher and higher
and meghan put her face down so she couldn't see
what was happening
she held on for dear life
and prayed
dear god, please help me.

the boat slammed down
and meghan's head bounced up and down on the floorboards
and before she lost consciousness she could hear screams
and wailing of untold loudness then there was just blackness.