A storm too soon : a true story of disaster, survival and incredible rescue / Michael J. Tougias.

By: Tougias, Mike, 1955-Material type: TextTextEdition: 1st Scribner hardcover edDescription: x, 208 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781451683332 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1451683332 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781451683349 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1451683340 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Shipwreck survival -- Atlantic Ocean | Rogue waves -- Atlantic Ocean | Rescue work -- Atlantic OceanDDC classification: 910.9163/48 LOC classification: G525 | .T57 2013
Contents:
Florida ? countdown to the crossing -- Jean Pierre -- Riding the Gulf Stream -- Spirits are high -- The gathering storm -- A chaotic brew of water and a terrifying night -- Help is greatly needed -- Multiple maydays -- the SAR command center -- The wave -- The life raft -- Desperation -- Into the sea -- The cutter Tampa and the C-130 -- Tumbling in chaos -- Mayday on the seeker -- Convulsions -- Need max gas -- Tether ourselves together -- "mark, mark, mark!" -- Like a hockey puck on ice -- Deploying the swimmer -- "He needs to go first?" -- As if shot from a cannon -- They're not coming for us -- He's going to drown? -- The illusion -- The flying colours and Cherry Point naval hospital -- Heading home -- Epilogue.
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Florida ? countdown to the crossing -- Jean Pierre -- Riding the Gulf Stream -- Spirits are high -- The gathering storm -- A chaotic brew of water and a terrifying night -- Help is greatly needed -- Multiple maydays -- the SAR command center -- The wave -- The life raft -- Desperation -- Into the sea -- The cutter Tampa and the C-130 -- Tumbling in chaos -- Mayday on the seeker -- Convulsions -- Need max gas -- Tether ourselves together -- "mark, mark, mark!" -- Like a hockey puck on ice -- Deploying the swimmer -- "He needs to go first?" -- As if shot from a cannon -- They're not coming for us -- He's going to drown? -- The illusion -- The flying colours and Cherry Point naval hospital -- Heading home -- Epilogue.

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