Summary of Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea

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Get the Summary of Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves—whose conversations were captured by the ship’s data recorder—journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. As she recounts the final twenty-four hours onboard, Slade vividly depicts the officers’ anguish and fear as they struggled to carry out Captain Michael Davidson’s increasingly bizarre commands, which, they knew, would steer them straight into the eye of the storm. Taking a hard look at America's aging merchant marine fleet, Slade also reveals the truth about modern shipping—a cut-throat industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent hurricanes fueled by global warming.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Nov 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638159056

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#1

The following are passages written by Amanda Ripley. She writes the following text in her book. In his community meetings, Gary would ask people, What do you think about the idea of a new police station. He’d listen to their comments and ask follow-up questions. He’d often get stuck in traffic on his way to the meetings, and he’d get frustrated.

#2

The American government had been listening to the ocean since the 1960s, and they picked up the sound of a large container ship sinking off the coast of the Bahamas in Hurricane Joaquin.

#3

Eric was a river pilot who made his living guiding ships up the St. Johns River to the Port of Jacksonville.

#4

Eric, the pilot, was tasked to take the ship to Jacksonville, where it would be loaded with goods and sent to its next destination.

#5

The author once took a piloting trip with Eric. She was terrified of heights, but had to board a ship. She climbed up the ladder to the main deck, where she saw a man in his fifties being loaded onto the ship.

#6

Eric was in charge of El Faro for the trip back to the United States. He was sixty years old and had been the captain of the ship for only eight months.

#7

Eric worked on the same ship as Jack, and they became friends.

#8

On a typical night, the crew of El Faro would be made up of a captain, a first mate, and a pilot. The captain