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My shipwreck story

Posted by TreeFiddyFiddy
Tags: usa, maritime, ships, vessels.fishing, disasters.transport, oceans, pacific, fisheries, deaths, shipwrecks, personal histories, author.alec frydman, source.the atlantic, long read, paywall
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/commercial-fisherman-shipwreck/682580/

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Authors
Alec Frydman
Published
May 18 2025
Word count
5094 words

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  1. fefellama
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    Another great article, thanks for posting, OP. The ending particularly stuck with me:

    Another great article, thanks for posting, OP. The ending particularly stuck with me:

    I’m grateful that I survived, but I don’t know why I did, or what it means. I still have no idea what I want to do with my life. When you’re lost at sea, certain you’re going to die in a life raft, you ask, Why me? and receive no answer. When you’re rescued and restored to life, you ask, Why me? and still there is no answer.

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  2. TreeFiddyFiddy
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    From the article: On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.

    From the article: On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.

    5 votes