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were Billy Tyne, Alfred Pierre, David "Sully" Sullivan, Michael "Bugsy" Moran, Dale "Murph" Murphy, and Bobby Shatford, each bringing his own intelligence, physical strength, and hope aboard with him. The men were raised with the expectation that they would become fishermen. As "Sully" said, even
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failed to find his remains. Surviving the helicopter crash were Maj. David Ruvola, Capt. Graham Buschor, SSgt. Jimmy Mioli and TSgt. John Spillane, the second pararescueman aboard.
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Much of the early part of the book gives detailed descriptions of the daily lives of the fishermen and their jobs, and is centered around activities at the Crow's Nest, a
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before they had left for their long journey, "It's the money ... If I didn't need the money I wouldn't go near this thing."
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as well as rescue efforts directed at several other ships caught in the storm, including the attempted rescue of
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575 miles (925 km) out. Also in the book is the story about the rescue of the three-person crew of the
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that hit North America between October 28 and November 4, 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat
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were missing, presumed dead. The ship and crew were never found. A few fuel drums, a fuel tank, the
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The latter part of the book attempts to reconstruct events at sea during the storm, aboard
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was TSgt. Arden "Rick" Smith. A week-long search off the
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who were themselves caught in the storm. Lost from the
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The book follows the lives of the swordfishing crew of
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Sebastian Junger
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN
0-393-04016-X
OCLC
35397863
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
creative nonfiction
Sebastian Junger
published
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN
0-06-097747-7
HarperCollins
1991 Perfect Storm
Andrea Gail
Gloucester
Massachusetts
longline fishing
swordfish
sailboat
Atlantic Ocean
Tamaroa (WMEC-166)
the film of the same title
Wolfgang Petersen
210-foot
medium-endurance cutter
1991 Perfect Storm

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