The young man saved the girl from drowning.

It was something I read in an editorial by a woman who was talking about the war in Iraq. And she said, Save a man from drowning, you are responsible to him for life.

Now, what's encapsulated in both these drowning metaphors actually, one of them is my mother's interpretation, and it is a famous Chinese saying, because she said it to me save a man from drowning, you are responsible to him for life.

Rescue a broken system

Fadil saved his life.

He saved my dog.

He saved the child at the risk of his own life.

Sami saved Layla's dog.

Sami saved my life.

Sami saved Layla's life.

He saved the child at the risk of his own life.

He saved the child at the risk of his own life.

Sami saved Layla's fucking life.

Sami's decision saved his life.

Screen shot from How the Cossacks Rescued Their Fiances (1973).

This probably saved the Carthaginian army from destruction.

It's in that context that I rescue children.

The brave man over there saved my life.

This wonderful man saved my life.

The strangest thing is that he saved his arch enemy from an unavoidable death.

Kip saved James from Team Canada once again at Bound for Glory.

The people in the lifeboat rescued three or four victims from the sea.

As the Talmud teaches us, He who saves one human life saves the world entire.

Monti wants to be remembered as the prime minister who saved Italy from disaster.

Some young volunteers rescued a number of homeless street children and gave them shelter, food and education.

We saved him and his family from the great affliction ,

And We rescued him and his household from the great calamity .

And We delivered him and his people from the great distress ,

And We delivered him and his people from the great affliction .

And We rescued him and his family from the great distress ( i.e. drowning ) ,

And We saved him and his family from the great calamity .

We delivered him and his household from the great calamity

And We saved him and his household from the great distress ,

We delivered him and his family from their great distress ,

We saved him and his people from the great distress ,

And We saved him and his family from the great affliction .

We rescued him and his people from the greatest affliction

And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty distress .

We saved him and his people from great distress ,

And We delivered him and his people from the Great Calamity ,

Wallenberg was a hero who saved the lives of many Jews in my home city of Budapest by establishing Swedish safe houses.

that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints

That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints

Two things are vastly underestimated dying by drowning and dying by asthma. Why?

It's swim or die.