--- a/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Sun Sep 11 10:46:53 2011 -0400
+++ b/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Sun Sep 11 11:09:28 2011 -0400
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@
 var  i: LongInt;
      t: PGear;
 begin
+    AttackBar:= 0;  // rare case where they drowned while attacking
     SpeechText:= ''; // in case it has not been consumed
 
     if (GameFlags and gfLowGravity) = 0 then