summarize pages 141-146

On pg. 141, Mahmoud is still in Izmir, “11 days from home” looking at the boat. They realize it is an inflatable raft. Though afraid and unsure, the family puts on their life vests. Their phones are sealed in plastic bags and they think it will take a few hours to cross. The motor starts and everyone cheers, but the raft is very unsteady. It starts raining hard. Suddenly someone shouts about rocks and “POOM! Like a bomb exploding, and Mahmoud went tumbling into the sea” (146).