View gallery
Eight days into Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test and only 4 celebrity recruits remain. Hannah Brown, Carli Lloyd, Danny Amendola, and Dwight Howard are about to enter the last phase of selection where they’ll be pushed beyond anything they’ve experienced so far.
When Day 9 begins, Danny mentions that his right shoulder is “torched.” The Directing Staff notes that Danny is the “clear frontrunner,” while Dwight is hanging on by the skin of his teeth. They point out Hannah’s great attitude as well.
The recruits are taken to a watering hole in the desert for a military test called “drown proofing.” This technique is used to teach recruits how to survive drowning. Once a recruit’s feet hit the bottom of the pool, they’ll push back up to the surface, take a deep breath, and go back down. They’ll continue doing that until there’s a signal from the DS to stop.
Hannah doesn’t like doing things where she feels like she can’t breathe. She is the first one called to attempt the task. Before the drown proofing, she has to swim to the other side in a weighted vest. She struggles on the swim over. When she’s finished, her hands are tied behind her back. During the drown proofing, she panics and breaks free of her ties.
