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Into the raging sea, thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro, Rachel Slade

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Into the raging sea, thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro, Rachel Slade

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Into the raging sea

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1032334613

Responsibility statement

Rachel Slade

Sub title

thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro

Summary

The one account Ive read that solves the riddle of El Faro convincingly and thoroughly. Superbly written, Into the Raging Sea deserves a place on the bookshelf of modern maritime classics. Even those who have followed El Faro closely will find major surprises here . Robert Frump, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death, and Survival in the Merchant Marine On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed thecontainer ship El Faro whole, resulting in the worst American shipping disaster in thirty-five years. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications, a sophisticated navigation system, and cutting-edge weather forecasting could suddenly vanishuntil now. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselveswhose conversations were captured by the ships data recorderjournalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. As she recounts the final twenty-four hours onboard, Slade vividly depicts the officers anguish and fear as they struggled to carry out Captain Michael Davidsons increasingly bizarre commands, which, they knew, would steer them straight into the eye of the storm. Taking a hard look at America's aging merchant marine fleet, Slade also reveals the truth about modern shippinga cut-throat industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent hurricanes fueled by global warming. A richly reported account of a singular tragedy, Into the Raging Sea takes us into the heart of an age-old American industry, casting new light on the hardworking men and women who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit

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