below them doc picked herself up off the deck and looked towards the bow of the tonkun ; it was disappearing fast but the aft end of the ship wasnt , the ship was breaking in two , so as the stern of the tonkun rose into the air , doc , standing on the edge of the bridge wing , rose with it , and as the structure reached the highest point in its final journey , before it plunged beneath the waves forever , she found tug and the stretcher less than a metre away from her .