Hold up a ball of clay about the size of a ping pong ball and ask students if they think it will sink or float in water. Place the clay in the water. Do you think that if I use ½-the amount of clay ...

leaving nine people in about 15 feet of water. The newspaper reports that people began forming a human chain, eventually reaching about 100 yards into the ocean.

A nearby boat was taking on water and the four ... the Gemini closer to the sinking boat's passengers, who were floating nearby, while Cabasso helped each person aboard, he said.