User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-72.145.34.83-20121015034927/@comment-3146930-20121015213913

Obviously you weren't paying attention when you read that part. First off, Annabeth being pulled toward the pit and Percy jumping to grab her happened all at once. Annabeth didn't have her knife at the time and Percy couldn't reach Riptide without letting go of Annabeth, who was so tired and injured at the time that she couldn't really do anything. Also, as Nico explained, they were so far in by the time anyone was able to help, that even if Jason flew in or Frank transformed to help them, they would have just been pulled in too. Think before you post.