Part 1. A brief account of the air crash that leads to the thesis of the essay-in the air crash human nature rose to the occasion.(para. 1-2)

Part 2.The development of the thesis: how human nature rose to the occasion (para. 3 - 8)

A. The heroic deeds of three of the four heroes in the disaster.(para.3)

B.A brief description of what the man in the water did.(para.4)

C. The imagined thoughts and feelings of the man on the plane and in the water.(para.5-6)

D. The writer's reflections on the man's role in the battle between man and nature: he triumphs over nature.(para.7-8)

Part 3. The reason why the man could have done what he did- the human spirit enables him to defy death.(para.9)