Annelise Cochran couldn’t believe the intense winds outside her Lahaina apartment Tuesday. After jumping into the shower around 4:00 p.m. local time, ...

Courtesy Annelise Cochran She turned to talk to her neighbor, Edna, and realized she couldn’t speak above a whisper. “We just held each other's hands, and we sat silently,” she says.

Annelise Cochran, from Bethesda, Maryland, escaped the deadly blaze. She told WJZ that she was saved by jumping into the cold ocean waters.

In the dark, cold water off Lahaina on Tuesday night, Annelise Cochran clutched one of her neighbors for warmth, both women shivering and struggling to breathe through the smoke and fumes. Cochran ...

Annelise Cochran and her mother sit on the sea wall she clung to, which saved her life. Courtesy Annelise Cochran. In the gridlock, flames threatened her from left and right.

Annelise Cochran with her mother sitting on the exact sea wall she clung to that saved her life. (Courtesy Annelise Cochran) In the gridlock, flames threatened her from left and right.

Annelise Cochran says within minutes, she had to flee her apartment in Lahaina and race to the ocean. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are. WATCH HERE.

Annelise Cochran helped a neighbor as the women struggled to breathe and stay alive for 8 hours at the waters' edge in Lahaina. To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app.

Annelise Cochran, a Maui resident who helped neighbors escape the fires, previously told PEOPLE that the tree represents how she feels. "Our branches are very badly burned, ...

Annelise Cochran says she was burned, and nearly drowned during the firestorm that flattened Lahaina. While she said it's likely she’ll have to return to Maryland at some point, ...

Annelise Cochran helped a neighbor as the women struggled to breathe and stay alive for 8 hours at the waters' edge in Lahaina. A 30-year-old Bethesda native recalls how she struggled to breathe ...