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.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Elizabeth Ann Seton, born in 1774, was the first native-born American to be canonized a saint. Her father was a physician, while her mother was the daughter of an Episcopalian minister. In 1794, Elizabeth married William Seton, a businessman. They had two boys and three girls.