You define the concept of this amazing memorial very well. They seem as if they are trying to help the drowning man, but he seems beyond help. I interpreted it another way when I was there a year ago:http://www.pbase.com/image/110778582 and Jenene Waters, another pbase photographer did it still differently athttp://www.pbase.com/jswaters/image/96997549 .
It is amazing how many ways a photographer can interpret a work of sculpture.