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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmazing: US Tourists Swim for 14 Hours After Ship Sinks
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-tourists-survive-ship-sinking-st-lucia-19043492The fishing trip off the rugged north coast of St. Lucia was supposed to last all day, but about four hours into the journey, the boat's electric system crackled and popped.
Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with help from his sister, Kate Suski, a 39-year-old architect from Seattle. It was around noon April 21.
He was still trying to reel in the fish when water rushed into the cabin and flooded the engine room, prompting the captain to radio for help as he yelled out their coordinates.
It would be nearly 14 hours and a long, long swim before what was supposed to be a highlight of their sunny vacation would come to an end.
Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with help from his sister, Kate Suski, a 39-year-old architect from Seattle. It was around noon April 21.
He was still trying to reel in the fish when water rushed into the cabin and flooded the engine room, prompting the captain to radio for help as he yelled out their coordinates.
It would be nearly 14 hours and a long, long swim before what was supposed to be a highlight of their sunny vacation would come to an end.
This is only a 2-page article and, IMO, a great, quick, read. Amazing! Honestly, I can't believe these people survived the swim. Their situation is probably one of the most dire situations I'd ever want to face. I'm not sure I could mentally deal with 14 hours of seriously wondering if, at any moment, I'll be attacked by a shark.
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Amazing: US Tourists Swim for 14 Hours After Ship Sinks (Original Post)
Poll_Blind
Apr 2013
OP
If you want a longer harrowing story, read "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand.
Common Sense Party
Apr 2013
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. More of the story here:
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)2. If you want a longer harrowing story, read "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand.
Imagine floating on half a raft for weeks with sharks circling all around you.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)3. Amazing story.
I can't imagine living through that. I am happy for them all.
flamingdem
(39,328 posts)4. Crap, stories like this make me want to go back to the gym
This plus the SUV owner who ran super fast to escape the Bomb Brothers.
Got to be ready for anything these days!
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)5. I would totally have had a mental break
malaise
(269,186 posts)6. You know I don't ever remember a shark attack off St Lucia
Still that would have been frightening
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)7. k&r
cui bono
(19,926 posts)8. There was a man how survived 27 hours at sea after passing out and falling off a boat.
He was terribly sea sick and fell off after passing out and he woke up out at sea. No one knew he was missing for quite some time.
http://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/5922/20130422/surfer-27-hours-at-sea-man-found-alive-floating-more-day.htm