There are two primary theories as to what causes dry drowning, and it may well be that both are correct and that this form of death can be brought on in two different ways. The first theory is that a sudden rush of water into the throat causes the airway to snap shut, a condition known as a laryngospasm.
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on 27 August 1910, in  Skopje, Macedonia. When she was just 17, she joined the Sisters of  Our Lady of Lareto, a Catholic order â¦ that did charity work in  India.
Born: August 27, 1910 Skopje, Macedonia. Died: September 5, 1997 Calcutta, India. Albanian nun. Mother Teresa's devotional work among the poor and dying of India won her the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. She is also known as the founder of the only Catholic religious order still growing in membership.