A speck in the sea
Subtitle: a story of survival and rescue
By: John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski
Contributors: Sosinski, Anthony, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781602863286
Subjects: Survival at sea; Search and rescue operations
Description: "In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was thrown off the back of the Anna Mary while his fishing partner, Anthony Sosinski, slept below. As desperate hours ticked by, Sosinski, the families, the local fishing community, and the U.S. Coast Guard in three states mobilized in an unprecedented search effort that culminated in a rare and exhilarating success" -- dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Overboard; title: Montauk fisherman; title: A speck in the sea; title: "He's not here"; title: Daylight; title: In the command center; title: "We're in big trouble"; title: "Johnny Load is missing"; title: To the west-end buoy; title: Command and control; title: The landward watch; title: Cutting loose; title: Found; title: "It's over"; title: Saved; title: The good daughter; title: Postscripts and parties; title: Epilogue.