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Ten hours until dawn, [the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do], Michael J. Tougias

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Ten hours until dawn, [the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do], Michael J. Tougias

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eng

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other

Main title

Ten hours until dawn

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sound recording audiobook CD

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Michael J. Tougias

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[the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do]

Summary

During the height of the blizzard of 1978, a tanker floundered on the shoals off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat that was soon in trouble, too. A pilot-boat captain, Frank Quirk, heard of the Coast Guard's plight on his radio. He gathered his crew of four, readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard soon to be known as the Storm of the Century

Table Of Contents

The gathering storm -- The Coast Guard responds -- Frank Quirk and Charlie Bucko -- Rogue waves and dead engines -- Rescue of the Chester Poling -- A storm like no other -- Swept over with a crash -- A family's anxious wait -- Time is the enemy -- Heading northeast -- Pursuing life's pathway -- In shoal waters -- Troubles on the Cape George -- Silence -- Beyond the realm of experience -- The anchor -- The breakwater -- Desperation -- Dawn's dim light -- The search -- The Global Hope -- Devastation -- Discoveries -- The week after -- Wrecked boat, wrecked lives -- "Crossing the bar" -- Brian and farewell -- Epilogue

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10 hours until dawnTrue story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do

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