Elizabeth,Elizabeth,Elizabeth this is the manatee,manatee. Where are you? Where are you? Over."
At first hiru could only look at the radio as if it had bitten him. Was he dreaming? Then he heard the voice again.
"Elizabeth, manatee. Where are you? Where are you? Over!"
No, the voice was real. There was another boat out there! They would help him! Hiru took the radio and almost shouted:
"Manatee, this is Elizabeth. I am about 10 kilometers east of key biscayne. Over"
"Elizabath, manatee. We'll be with you in about five minutes. Can you light flares to help us to see you? Over."
"Manatee, Elizabeth. I have flares. I will light them every three minutes, starting in three minutes. Out."
Hiru threw off the blanket. He did not feel tired any more, or hungry, or cold. He found a box of flares in a small cupboard near the door of the boat. Then he climbed up the stairs two at a time, opened the cabin. Door, and fell out onto the boat was sitting dangerously low in the water. He shut the cabin door, looked at his watch, and reached for the pump. By now the pump was underwater, but it didn't take long to
Find. He began to pump fast. Slowly, the water got lower. After two minutes, he stopped pumping and picked up the box of flares. He took one out and fired it up at the dark sky. A bright white light flew up into the sky over the boat. Suddenly, the dark sky turned bright. Hiru began to pump again, hard and fast. Another huge wave broke over the boat.