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The Tale of the Wreck of the S.S. El Faro


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In October of 2015 the El Faro, a U.S. flagged cargo ship, sank in Hurricane Joaquin northeast of the Bahamas. Despite a seasoned crew, state of the art navigation systems, and advance warning of the storm, the ship went down with without sending out a Mayday and without launching lifeboats. All 33 souls on board were lost. George Michelsen Foy , lifelong mariner and author, joins host Mindy Todd for this interview on The Point. They discuss his most recent book is Run the Storm: A Savage
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