After a harrowing ride in which Wade is nearly drowned , the group manage to make it through the Gauntlet , Where Tom flips the raft , as he struggles with Terry , Gail manages to get the gun , which had fallen into the water , Wade convinces Gail there is no need to kill him if she does it will haunt her because she will never have a way to know if she truly had to .
In the movie , The River Wild , Wade almost drowns .