She could feel herself sinking again just before warmth wrapped around her hand. A moment later and she felt the rest of her body break through the surface of the water, and she did her best to hang on and push on the sides of the fountain to help her rescuer get her out of there.

Which means she barely helped at all due to the biting cold and her near-death experience.

Elena felt the coat go around her, providing at least a bit of protection from the icy rain, but she shuddered beneath it, coughing as she expelled water from her lungs.

It was November, and it hadn't been snowing when she hit the water, so she also looks confused and disoriented, trying to speak as she looks imploringly at the woman who just saved her.

"What happened? Where's Stefan? Is Matt okay?"