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Morrell shipwreck 50 years ago killed eight local men
The ill-fated ship had left the Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Lackawanna, heading toward Minnesota to pick up some iron ore when it ran into a horrific storm packing winds exceeding 65 mph and creating 30-foot waves on frigid Lake Huron… By Gene Warner.
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Orphaned on the Ocean: The Unbelievable Story of Terry Jo Duperrault | Reader's Digest
Arthur Duperrault had long dreamed of taking his family sailing on the azure seas of the tropics. Looking out on the chilly blue waters of Lake Michigan, the optometrist from Green Bay, Wisconsin, recalled the warmer waters to the far south that he had sailed during World War II. He spoke often of wanting to live for a year on a sailboat, cruising around the world from island to island. By 1961, Duperrault had become successful enough to fulfill that dream, at least in part. That year, instead of facing a hard Wisconsin winter, he, his wife, Jean, son, Brian, 14, and daughters Terry Jo, 11, and René, seven, would head to the Bahamas.
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In 1925, a remote town was saved from lethal disease by dogs
The town of Nome was faced with a diphtheria outbreak and no treatment, and it was cut off in the depths of a brutal Alaskan winter. By Louise Crane.
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I was stranded in the wilderness for nine days
I had lost so much weight that I looked like walking skeleton. I was ready to give up. By Ann Rodgers. (Aug. 12, 2016)
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Surviving the Fall of ISIS
As Iraqi and coalition forces invade Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq, the grim details of the extremist group’s rule come to light.
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These 10 survival myths might actually get you killed
Some of the 'survival advice' that we've picked up over the years is totally wrong, often dangerously so.
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‘When you find my body’: The last days of hiker Gerry Largay
Lost for at least 19 days in the Maine wilderness, the 66-year-old hiker died as she had lived: with courage and with grace. By Kathryn Miles.
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Champagne in the Cellar
Seventy years after World War II ended, I went looking for the French doctor who hid with my mother and father in a Budapest cellar. By John Temple.
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This Is Your Brain On War
Adam Linehan teamed up with Lt. Col. Dave Grossman to produce this visual guide to what happens to the mind and body before, during, and after combat.
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Would it be immoral to send out a generation starship?
If human beings are ever to colonise other planets – which might become necessary for the survival of the species, given how far we have degraded this one – they will almost certainly have to use generation ships… By Neil Levy.
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The Sleepy Japanese Town Built Inside an Active Volcano
It’s been about 230 years since the last eruption killed half the population. But locals won’t let the volcano dictate their future. By Jennifer Nalewicki.
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Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War
The S.S. Robin Moor set out from New York City on May 6, 1941, for a routine shipping run to Africa. All did not go as planned. By Amanda Schaffer.
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Man survives 135-foot plunge off Brooklyn Bridge
A 32-year-old man jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday morning – but miraculously survived the 135-foot plunge.
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Handicapped crabs can still bluff their way to victory
But poorly equipped fiddlers turn tail when fights turn violent
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What It’s Like to Almost Get Executed
San Quentin inmate Kevin Cooper on watching the minutes tick away on his life.
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The Reckoning
Fifty years ago, when Claire Wilson was eighteen, she was critically wounded during the 1966 University of Texas Tower shooting—the first massacre of its kind. How does the path of a bullet change a life? By Pamela Colloff.
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The Longest Night
One Easter Sunday, the Alaska Ranger — a fishing boat out of Dutch Harbor — went down in the Bering Sea, 6,000 feet deep and thirty-two degrees cold. Forty-seven people were on board, and nearly half of them would spend hours floating alone in the darkness, in water so frigid it can kill a man in minutes. Forty-two of them would be rescued. Here’s how. By Sean Flynn. (Oct. ’08)
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This Might Shock You: Downed Power Line
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Thicker Than Water: How Dan and Kate Suski Survived a Night at Sea
When a charter boat sunk in the Caribbean and spilled Dan and Kate Suski into the sea, the brother and sister’s bond would become the difference between life and death. By Matthew Halverson. (Oct. ’15)
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Marooned Among the Polar Bears
Last July, a Russian helicopter pilot had nearly completed a record-breaking trip around the globe when he crashed into the icy waters of the Arctic Circle. He never should have survived. By Justin Nobel.
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