A hand reached down from the open hatch, grabbed his collar.
A shot cracked out from the hatch as a member of the crew raised it.
It was perhaps twelve feet from the hatch beside which he lay.
If you need me for anything, I'll be hanging from the hatch.
Light from the forward hatch spilled onto the floor of the passenger area.
I leaped from the hatch onto the deck for a clear shot, and took it.
But we've got bad news from the forward hatch.
The sound of the sea swept in with the cool air from the opened hatch.
There was an air vent less than a foot from the hatch.
As David and the others watched, the flames seemed to draw back from the hatch.