For the first seven hours in the water, the four Americans clung together.

I ran to her and we were in each other's arms, clinging together.

He just put his arms round me and we clung together.

We were close now, clinging together, and neither of us moved.

For a moment the two of them clung together like children lost in the forest.

We started walking out of the station, still clinging together.

They clung together without saying anything for a few moments.

Families clung together, others were calling out for friends and loved ones.

The two women clung together for a moment before Holly could find her voice.

But even as the two men clung together and stared, so there was movement.