Which swimming the channel, she sometimes sang two popular songs of that time, "let me call you sweetheart" and "yes, we have no bananas",to the rhythm of her stroke. During her twelfth hour at sea, her trainer following in a support boat became so concerned by unfavorable winds and her obvious exhaustion that he called to her "trudy , you must come out!" The swimmer lifted her head from the choppy waters. "What for?" She yelled back, and kept swiming.