Armond Perretta wrote:
Quoted from the Style Section of the Sunday New York Times of 16 Oct 09:

"As a teenager, I once went on a date with a green-eyed boy. He sailed us
across Narragansett Bay, then stopped under the Newport Bridge and dared me
to jump overboard. Without hesitating, I stood on the stern and leaped. The
current beneath the bridge was so strong that within seconds I was dragged
far from the boy and the boat. I saw his stunned face, his tanned shirtless
body quickly working the lines to come to my rescue."

Current selectively took swimmer but not boat. Typical NYTimes accuracy
and research.

I suppose the article finished by claiming the swimmer, about to die,
prayed to the Great God Obamanation and was saved. That too fits the
NYTimes perfectly.