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She Tied a Square Knot - Survived 31 Hours Alone in Gibraltar Strait
She Tied a Square Knot - Survived 31 Hours Alone in Gibraltar Strait
A grey foam block led rescuers to a square knot and the knowledge that someone was alive after vanishing into one of the world’s most dangerous shipping corridors - but how did she survive thirty-one hours in 14°C water with no flare, no radio, and no witness? What deliberate choices kept her alive when the Levante’s motor failed and the eastward set began to steal her toward Morocco?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from pre-swim planning to the moment the escort vessel’s propeller seized, describing the…
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