Kyla

Luckily, we're out in the boat most of the time, with Kyla pointing out rock striations and eagles and tiny wild sheep on the high crags.

With her arms under Kyla's body and her fingertips gripping the edge of the pool, Cindy used her head to push the child upward.

Cruiser was running back and forth along the edge of the pool, trying to save the child by grabbing Kyla's clothing with his teeth.

Then, propping herself up on her elbows at the edge of the pool, Cindy reached out and turned Kyla toward her.

Kyla drives us down river a few miles until we see a hut and a wooden jetty.

Now, on October 7, 1986, Kyla's life rested in her mother's hands.

Afterwards we take boats out on the lake, where Kyla shows me how to cast a fishing line without taking someone's eye out.

She managed to lift Kyla out of the water, but couldn't get her over the edge onto the concrete.

Finally, Kyla's body lurched, and she began to cough and spit up water.

Cindy's feet, elbows, and hands were badly scraped from crawling across the concrete. Kyla, however, was fine.

If it's a black bear you can usually scare him off, Kyla says, but grizzlies are different.

Cindy called 911, and she and Kyla were rushed to a hospital.

Kyla thinks everyone has achance at a prize.