Was someone inside? Battered by rocks and waves, a man was thrown clear – I ran to help. I recognized but couldn’t place him.
“Do I know you?” I asked.
He grinned but coughed, struggling to catch his breath.
“A dam burst? You were swept away?” But he shook his head.
“What is this river?” I pressed him.
“You know what it is, just as I do." Then, with a wink, he threw himself back into the tumult, disappearing downstream.