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Westy never knew what great strength he had been given in that crucial moment. He only remembered afterward that every muscle in his body was strained to the utmost in being equal to that almost superhuman task.
It was enough to know that he finally pulled Rip out of the torrential current -- unconscious; almost gone, but still a little life-giving breath left in the cold body.