beyond the breakers, the zodiacs run parallel to shore, crews paddling furiously, racing the wind, the sun, the other crews. instructors shadow in power boats, stopwatches running.
a high-speed transport is slamming over swells. lashed to one side is a rubber life boat.
jordan resurfaces. treading water, she scans for.
jordan. she braces as best she can. as seafox thunders past, she stabs for the loop.
as the helo swoops down onto the ocean deck.
the ilb splashes down into the ocean. jordan's crew helo- casts in after it.
the ilb powers over swells. flea is perched on the bow, nose to the wind like a hunting dog.
mccool surfaces.
 and arcs into daylight 50 yards behind the ilb.
twin transports -- seafox one and two -- pound across the water. instructors sweep binoculars, trying to spot.
 and "supermans" into daylight with the chief. they covered 50 feet in four seconds.