USS Squalus: Thirty-Three Men Alive Beneath the Atlantic
The submarine was on the seabed. Forward compartments still held living men, while the flooded spaces behind them remained silent.
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Researched reportingApollo 12: Lightning, Garbled Instruments and One Unfamiliar Switch
The rocket continued climbing while spacecraft systems and telemetry failed. A controller’s memory of an earlier test helped restore the information they…
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Researched reportingGemini VIII: The Spacecraft That Wouldn’t Stop Spinning
Undocking from the target vehicle made the rotation worse. The faulty thruster was aboard the capsule the astronauts were trying to save.
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Researched reportingApollo 13: The Lifeboat Two Hundred Thousand Miles from Home
The Moon landing was abandoned. The immediate questions were whether three people could preserve enough power, water and breathable air to return…
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Researched reportingLittle Palm Island: Three People in the Water Five Miles Offshore
A 911 call reported three people beside an overturned boat. Their vessel was left offshore after a rescue crew brought all three…
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Researched reportingKeaau Beach: Two Men Waiting on the Bottom of Their Boat
Their fishing boat was upside down. A distress beacon supplied positions while a helicopter crew searched the west side of Oahu.
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Researched reportingLanai Boat Rescue: A Father and Two Sons Clinging to the Hull
The radio call reported a capsize but no position. A father and his boys, eight and twelve, waited on an overturned boat…
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Researched reportingBenoit Bourguet: A Life Raft in the Middle of the Atlantic
Calls to the rower went unanswered. Two beacons kept transmitting while a tanker changed course toward a life raft far east of…
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Researched reportingLake Erie Kayaker Rescue: Reaching the Cliff Was Not Safety
The overturned kayak left one person at the foot of a cliff. Reaching land still did not provide a route back to…
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Researched reportingEighteen Miles off Pass-a-Grille: The Signal from an Overturned Boat
Both boaters had life jackets. One carried a locator beacon that gave an aircraft crew a way to find them beyond the…
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Researched reportingFreeport Boat Rescue: Found Beside a Capsized Boat
He was expected in Freeport. When he did not arrive, a friend’s call turned the crossing into a coordinated search by air…
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Researched reportingCharles Gregory: Found Sitting in a Boat That Was Almost Underwater
His family reported that he had not returned to the boat ramp. An aircraft found him the next morning, still sitting in…
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