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He Survived the Gulf - and Chose Not to Call Help
He Survived the Gulf - and Chose Not to Call Help
He survived a dismasting in 44-knot winds and a 53°F Gulf with a working EPIRB on board-but he didn't press it. A navigation light recovered after six days and a still-burning LED pulled from a trotline are the small, stubborn clues that forced rescuers to question a single deliberate choice: why decline an immediate distress call when every system for rescue was in place?
In this episode, we tell what happened on the Adrienne between February 2 and February 11, 2019, how the mast fell at 2:17 a.m., and the sequence of methodical decisions…
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