He's beating himself up because he managed to get out and she didn't,

The ghost of Roger Casement is beating on the door.

Bianca didn't really need any help out there; she was beating us by herself.

Beating the Eagles is still beating the Eagles.

Dying can’t be all that difficult, up to now everyone has managed to do it.

It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating.