Monday, 10 February 2014

Vanessa - man overboard story

In the genre of survival stories, an area of interest for me lately, not sure where it's heading but I'm starting to collect them. It is a compelling read anyhow.

A Speck on the Sea - New York Times

Also Sean, thanks for sending Failure of Flight a while back, the second story really stuck with me, so strange and deeply sad.

2 comments:

  1. I'm only halfway through the article and it is so good! Amazing that he thought to use his shoes as flotation devices.

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  2. The story gripped me from the beginning. It kind of reminded me of the film Gravity, only in the water and for real. Tiny person in a vast ocean, and by sheer ingenuity and some good luck, manoeuvres through a hopeless situation to survive.

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