Devine Toruemi’s story is about how she rescued someone from a sinking boat. Late one evening, she boarded a passenger-laden boat to cross the river to a village called Mgboudohia in Port-Harcourt. The boat was overloaded with passengers being the only available means left to pick passengers for the evening who are readily disposed to sea transport than road because of its cost effectiveness and time saving benefit. After covering a considerable distance, the passengers realised there was a leakage and water was entering into the boat. Suddenly, the boat gave way under the weight of the passengers and it began to sink rapidly. There was chaos in the sinking boat as passengers panicked and cried for help, but no one could hear them from the middle of the sea. Devine quickly dived into the river and swam to safety. However, after grasping few long breaths, she instinctively swam back towards the boat and reached out to one passenger who was struggling frantically for survival and assisted her to the shore. Devine was able to successfully save a life. It was later confirmed that the ugly incident claimed 49 lives.