Torn In Two: The Sinking Of The Daniel J. Morrell And One Man's Survival On The Open Sea
by Michael Schumacher /
2016 / English / PDF
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Dennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see the
Dennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see theDaniel
J. Morrell
Daniel
J. Morrell heading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter
that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from
Minnesota’s Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes.
The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite literally, missed
the boat—which meant scrambling to rejoin the
heading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter
that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from
Minnesota’s Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes.
The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite literally, missed
the boat—which meant scrambling to rejoin theMorrell
Morrell at
its next stop or forfeiting a good chunk of his pay package.
Seventy-two hours later, Hale would find himself clinging to a
life raft alongside the frozen bodies of his crewmates in the
violent waves of Lake Huron. The boat would not be reported
missing for another twenty-seven hours and by the time the life
raft was found, Dennis Hale would remain as the sole survivor
of the wreck of the
at
its next stop or forfeiting a good chunk of his pay package.
Seventy-two hours later, Hale would find himself clinging to a
life raft alongside the frozen bodies of his crewmates in the
violent waves of Lake Huron. The boat would not be reported
missing for another twenty-seven hours and by the time the life
raft was found, Dennis Hale would remain as the sole survivor
of the wreck of theDaniel J. Morrell
Daniel J. Morrell.
.
This is life-and-death drama on the inland sea as only Michael
Schumacher can tell it. In
This is life-and-death drama on the inland sea as only Michael
Schumacher can tell it. InTorn in Two
Torn in Two the great Lakes
historian recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible
storm of November 29, 1966, that broke the mighty freighter in
half, sending twenty-five of the
the great Lakes
historian recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible
storm of November 29, 1966, that broke the mighty freighter in
half, sending twenty-five of theMorrell
Morrell’s
twenty-nine-man crew to their deaths and consigning the
surviving four to the freezing raft where all but Hale would
perish. At the heart of
’s
twenty-nine-man crew to their deaths and consigning the
surviving four to the freezing raft where all but Hale would
perish. At the heart ofTorn in Two
Torn in Two are the terrible
hours spent by Hale on the life raft with his crewmen, clinging
to life for thirty-eight hours in freezing temperatures and
wearing only a peacoat, life jacket, and boxer shorts. The
fight to save Hale and find the others, the Coast Guard
hearings into what happened, the discovery of the
wreckage—Schumacher’s vivid narrative captures every harrowing
detail and curious fact of the
are the terrible
hours spent by Hale on the life raft with his crewmen, clinging
to life for thirty-eight hours in freezing temperatures and
wearing only a peacoat, life jacket, and boxer shorts. The
fight to save Hale and find the others, the Coast Guard
hearings into what happened, the discovery of the
wreckage—Schumacher’s vivid narrative captures every harrowing
detail and curious fact of theMorrell
Morrell’s demise, finally
doing justice to this epic shipwreck fifty years past.
’s demise, finally
doing justice to this epic shipwreck fifty years past.
