You're nitpicking on a whole new level.  This woman JUMPED into FREEZING water and had to be treated for hypothermia.  You're damn right she was screaming and crying for help.  It's called I just jumped into a river to escape a lunatic.  

In no way do the words emphasize anything more, except maybe your own vapid inability to deal with whatever happened to you.  If you want to stop being a victim and start being a survivor I suggest you act like one.  

If you've never been a survivor than please DON'T feel free to speak for the rest of us.  Speak for yourself & yourself alone.