Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

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

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Ten hours until dawn, the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do, Michael Tougias
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Ten hours until dawn
Oclc number
64390615
Responsibility statement
Michael Tougias
Sub title
the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do
Summary
Documents the rescue efforts of pilot boat captain Frank Quirk and his four-man team, who, during the blizzard of 1978, endeavored to save the crew of a floundering tanker off the Massachusetts coast as well as a Coast Guard team that was endangered during a failed rescue attempt. In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost its radar, depth finder, and engine power in horrendous seas. Pilot boat Captain Frank Quirk was monitoring the Coast Guard's efforts by radio, and when he heard that the patrol boat was in jeopardy, he decided to act. Gathering his crew of four, he readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard. Using dozens of interview and audiotapes that recorded every word exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard, Tougias has written a devastating, true account of bravery and death at sea
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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True story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do
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