Danger
The air at the bottom
Level 2 · Medium
A car lands upside down in a river and disappears below the surface. The driver cannot open the doors. Rescuers find him alive with his face against the cabin floor, although the car is not in shallow water.
- Choose a narrator: they read the answer privately and hide it.
- Read the premise aloud. Answers: yes, no or irrelevant.
- When the game ends, mark the puzzle as played.
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The answer
The overturned car had trapped an air pocket in the part now highest in the cabin: the original floor. The driver freed himself from the belt and kept his face there while water occupied the lower areas. Rescuers arrived before that reserve ran out; no fixed survival time is assumed.