In a separate incident, a driver escaped drowning when his fuel tanker plunged into a canal.

Was it possible that she could escape drowning amid such a mad roar of waves?

Taken prisoner, he was detained on Redoutable, and narrowly escaped drowning when she foundered the next day.

Three managed to escape drowning by clinging onto floating debris, but the other six lost their lives.

Finally, around 3:00 in the morning, the Ely sank, although the crew was able to escape drowning by clinging to the rigging of the masts.

During his eventful trip he barely escaped drowning during a typhoon in the East China Sea.

Two of the German crew escaped drowning by leaping onto the destroyer's forecastle.

This device provides air-breathing turtles with a trap door to escape drowning in nets that are dragged across shrimp beds on the ocean floor.

During a major battle, the Sabine champion narrowly escaped drowning in a swampy area.

In one flashback, Lotte narrowly escapes drowning at a family skating party.