Run The Storm: A Savage Hurricane, A Brave Crew, And The Wreck Of The Ss El Faro

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Synopsis

In the bestselling tradition of The Perfect Storm and The Finest Hours, “an exquisitely written and dramatic book…a literary page-turner” (Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers)—the 2015 mysterious disappearance of the SS El Faro, a gigantic American cargo ship that sank in the Bermuda Triangle, taking with it thirty-three lives.

On October 1, 2015, the SS El Faro, a massive American cargo ship disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin, a category 4 storm. The ship, its hundreds of shipping containers, and its entire crew plummeted to the bottom of the ocean, three miles down. It was the greatest seagoing US merchant marine shipping disaster since World War II. The massive ship had a seasoned crew, state-of-the-art navigation equipment, and advance warning of the storm. It seemed incomprehensible that such a ship could sink so suddenly. How, in this day and age, could something like this happen?

Relying on Coast Guard inquest hearings, as well as on numerous interviews, George Michelsen Foy brings us “the most insightful exploration of this unthinkable disaster” (Outside), a story that lasts only a few days, but which grows almost intolerably suspenseful as deep-rooted flaws leading to the disaster inexorably link together and worsen. We see captain, engineers, and crew fight for their lives, and hear their actual words (as recorded on the ship’s black box) while the hurricane relentlessly tightens its noose around the ship. We watch, minute by minute, all that is happening on board—the ship’s mysterious tilt to one side, worried calls to the engine room, ship-to-shore reports, the courage of the men and women as they fight to survive, and the berserk ocean’s savage consumption of the massive hull. And through it all, the pain and ultimate resilience of the families of El Faro’s crew. Now with a new afterword, this “tour de force of nautical expertise” (Ocean Navigator) is a masterwork of stunning power.

Chapters

  • RunTheStorm 01 Open

    Duration: 35s
  • RunTheStorm 02 Dedication Crew

    Duration: 04min
  • RunTheStorm 03 AuthorsNote

    Duration: 03min
  • RunTheStorm 04 Part1 One

    Duration: 02min
  • RunTheStorm 05 Part1 Two

    Duration: 06min
  • RunTheStorm 06 Part1 Three

    Duration: 13min
  • RunTheStorm 07 Part1 Four

    Duration: 03min
  • RunTheStorm 08 Part2 One

    Duration: 16min
  • RunTheStorm 09 Part2 Two

    Duration: 07min
  • RunTheStorm 10 Part2 Three

    Duration: 06min
  • RunTheStorm 11 Part2 Four

    Duration: 07min
  • RunTheStorm 12 Part2 Five

    Duration: 05min
  • RunTheStorm 13 Part2 Six

    Duration: 09min
  • RunTheStorm 14 Part2 Seven

    Duration: 09min
  • RunTheStorm 15 Part2 Eight

    Duration: 05min
  • RunTheStorm 16 Part2 Nine

    Duration: 05min
  • RunTheStorm 17 Part2 Ten

    Duration: 13min
  • RunTheStorm 18 Part3 One

    Duration: 08min
  • RunTheStorm 19 Part3 Two

    Duration: 14min
  • RunTheStorm 20 Part3 Three

    Duration: 14min
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