They both drowned.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

Of course they drowned - which makes for an annoyingly moralistic ending (apparently Chuck Heston himself demanded his adultering character won`t make it).
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

Don't you know? They were saved further down the line at Doheny and Santa Monica Blvd when Danny Thomas as a sewer worker was able to grab a hold of them and save them both. Let's get it right, people!

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Originally the story was going to be Stewart survives, and rebuilds L.A. with Denise by his side. Charlton Heston demanded that changes to be made-He thought the ending would be unbelievable if he survived with his cute girl. In the script and book, it says a weakened section of the roof caved in on top of them..I guess they couldnt figure out how to do it.

Hoo boy.
Has it ever occurred to any of you people in this thread that the matter of what he does later is NOT relevant to whether as a matter of basic humanity he should try and save a person from drowning? If he lets her drown just because it'll "free" him to shack up with his mistress and avoid the scandal of a divorce (not to mention inherit his now conveniently dead father-in-law's company) then that makes him a murderer and worse than Ava in all her unlikable bitchiness (and I don't deny she was looking terrible at this point). It's really amazing when I see this level of disconnect over a simple point in which audiences think the "hero" should in effect become a murderer.

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Love isn't worth dying for

How could you not realize your life would be better without someone when the option is dying in the next 5 minutes and not having a life? In a no win situation, it's best to be alive. Not like he could have any regrets, they weren't going to live, he just added himself to the casualty list for no reason.

He says "Sweet Christ." I alway took that to be, he didn't really want to jump in after her, but he couldn't just let her die.

It was clear there was love left. You can see the distress in his face when she falls. He obviously still loved her. What does he say? Sweet ?? something. Like her nickname. Though she was a b_tch at times, he certainly wouldn't have gone after her like that if he thought his life would be better without her.
Le Roi Est Mort,
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Love is nothing. They were married, I am not a puritian, but he made the vow, and there was some love left between themdespite the current state of things.
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He shouldn't have jumped in after her. Love is one thing, but it was a no-win situation. Just my opinion.

They drowned. The storm drain was filling up with water they had no way out.