When he finally reached one of them, he raised his head and looked up. He could not lift his arm to reach out. His blood turned to ice, and dizzy again, he felt himself sinking. For when he had looked into his rescuer’s face, he had gazed into a pair of eyes as blue as the sea.
Which best states why the author ends the paragraph with a cliffhanger?

to show the resolution to a problem in the story
to create a feeling of relief after a scary event
to develop the traits of the main character
to build suspense so the reader will keep reading