"Mysteries at the Museum" Survival at Sea: Special
ID | 13179418 |
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Movie Name | "Mysteries at the Museum" Survival at Sea: Special |
Release Name | Mysteries.at.the.Museum.S17E24.Survival.at.Sea.480p.x264-mSD |
Year | 2017 |
Kind | tv |
Language | English |
IMDB ID | 37493138 |
Format | srt |
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A terrifying standoff on the high seas.
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Shots fired! Shots fired!
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They know they need to do something.
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Captain Phillips' life is in immediate danger.
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A monstrous predator lurking in the deep.
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These sailors went from peacefully sleeping in their bunks
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to fighting for their lives.
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And an amazing rescue on the ocean floor.
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They had to work fast to get this man out alive.
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These are the mysteries at the museum.
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The Florida Keys are comprised of more than 800 small islands
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that stretch for about 180 miles.
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This archipelago's crystalline waters and abundant sea life
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make it a top destination
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for divers from all over the world.
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So it's only fitting that the island of Islamorada is home
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to the History of Diving Museum.
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The collection includes a 17th-century elephant tusk
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discovered near Looe Key,
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treasure recovered from an 18th-century shipwreck
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and scuba equipment worn
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by an early 20th-century diving pioneer.
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But one item here is of a much more recent vintage.
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The object is mostly bright orange
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except for some shiny chrome around it.
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It's welded and screwed together,
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and it's got a large glass window on the front.
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This is the Kirby Morgan
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SuperLite Diving Helmet, and it played a central role
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in a death-defying journey to the ocean floor.
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This is one of the most incredible survival stories
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to ever emerge from the sea.
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It's May 26, 2013, off the coast of Nigeria.
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A 29-year-old Nigerian mariner named Harrison Okene
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is working onboard a tugboat called the Jascon-4.
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Okene was hired as the cook,
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along with 11 other crew members.
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It's the middle of the night,
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and Okene has woken up to use the bathroom...
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...when he feels a massive swell rock the boat.
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In an instant, the ship capsizes and begins to sink.
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The boat is upside down, and he's going down with it.
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As the ship fills with water,
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Okene holds his breath and swims around,
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looking for any escape.
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Then, he comes to a room that has not flooded completely.
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It seems only a matter of time before it too becomes
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completely filled with water.
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He must have been terrified that the water
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was eventually going to engulf him and drown him.
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But as the ship keeps sinking,
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Okene comes to a stunning realization.
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He is actually trapped in an air bubble.
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And once the ship hits the ocean floor
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100 feet below the surface,
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his air pocket allows Okene to breathe easily.
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Amazingly, as the water was rushing through the boat,
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and the boat was sinking to the bottom,
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it eventually stopped, and he found himself
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in a bubble.
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Miraculously, he was able to survive
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at the bottom of the ocean.
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But although he's still alive,
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his prospects are grim.
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The air will eventually run out,
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and even if he could find his way out of the boat,
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he's so deep underwater
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that the change of pressure between his air pocket
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and the surface would almost certainly prove fatal.
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His only choice, it seems, is to accept his fate.
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He must have been terrified.
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He thought he was going to die.
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On May 28th,
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more than two days after the Jascon-4 sank,
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a team of divers descends to the ship to salvage
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what they can and recover the dead.
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It was an unthinkable and tragic disaster.
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They didn't expect any survivors
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because of how much time had lapsed.
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But as they survey the damage, one of the divers
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is suddenly grabbed by a mysterious hand.
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It's Harrison Okene.
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It seems the desperate cook heard the diving team
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searching the wreck and swam over to find them.
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Now, one of the divers follows Okene back
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to the section of the ship with the air pocket.
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The diver must have been shocked.
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This man had been underwater for almost three days.
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The salvage operation quickly turns into a mission
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to save Okene's life.
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The first thing they did
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was they gave him warm bottles of water
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to raise his body temperature
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because he had been under cold water for so long.
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Then they strap him in a harness and fit him
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with a Kirby SuperLite Diving Helmet,
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just like the one on display
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at the History of Diving Museum in Islamorada, Florida.
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Finally, they slowly bring Okene up to the surface
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and transfer him to a decompression chamber.
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Which he had to sit in for two days to get his body
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adapted to the surface pressure.
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Five days after the sinking,
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Okene finally exits the decompression chamber
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and is reunited with his family.
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In the aftermath of the shipwreck,
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Okene vows to never return to the sea.
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Harrison Okene might be one of the luckiest men alive.
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He believes this was a miracle,
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and it very well could have been.
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Today, this helmet is on display
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at the History of Diving Museum in Islamorada, Florida.
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It recalls an incredible,
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heroic rescue at the bottom of the sea.
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Located at the picturesque confluence
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of the James River and the Chesapeake Bay,
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Newport News, Virginia, is a city
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with a proud tradition of ship building and seafaring,
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and this nautical legacy is celebrated
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at the Mariners' Museum.
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On display is a collection of navigational tools
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dating back to the 17th century,
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the salvaged propeller from the USS Monitor,
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and a set of miniature ships
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made by craftsman August F. Crabtree.
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But sitting among these storied objects
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is an item that looks more like ocean flotsam
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than museum treasure.
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It's made of plastic. It has tubing.
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It's yellowed. It's crumpled up.
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It's not in top condition.
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But despite its weathered appearance,
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this artifact was once a functional device
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with a crucial purpose.
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What is this bizarre contraption?
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What role did it play
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in an unbelievable quest for survival?
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It's January 1982 in the Canary Islands,
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just off the western coast of Africa.
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Since childhood,
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29-year-old Steve Callahan has been an avid sailor.
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For the past two years,
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he's devoted all his energy
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to creating a vessel of his own design,
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a small sailboat christened Napoleon Solo.
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Now he's setting out on an adventure of a lifetime.
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He wanted to live out a dream he'd had
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to sail solo to the Caribbean.
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On January 29th,
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with his boat full of provisions,
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he sets off from the Canary Islands
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en route to the island of Antigua.
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He expects the nearly 3,000-mile journey
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will take less than a month.
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Over the first week of Steve's trip,
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the weather was actually pretty good
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and Steve was hoping to shorten the amount of time
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that he was actually going to be sailing towards Antigua.
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But on the sixth day,
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Callahan's luck takes a turn when the weather shifts.
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Storm came up from the South Atlantic, a gale.
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Seas are high.
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He's well away from land.
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He's headed sort of downwind, he's in this gale.
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Winds are about 45 to 50 knots.
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Callahan remains calm.
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He knows that the best thing he can do is wait it out,
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so he lowers the sails
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and climbs into his bunk for the night.
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When Steve goes to bed, he's got the boat set up
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so that he can go below
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and periodically get some sleep.
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He's really hoping that the storm will play itself out.
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But Callahan is awoken by a terrifying thought.
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When he looks down, he discovers a terrible sight.
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His cabin is rapidly filling with water.
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Callahan grabs as many supplies as he can.
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He then jumps aboard his sailboat's life raft,
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takes shelter under its canopy,
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and drifts away from the sinking Napoleon Solo.
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So when dawn breaks, the storm has dissipated.
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Steve moves from panic to,
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"Okay, I need to figure out what I'm going to do."
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And a lot of that is looking now at what he has brought
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on board this life raft, what he still has available
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to him, and what his plan for surviving is going to be.
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Callahan takes inventory of his supplies:
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a small amount of food,
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a speargun he can use for fishing,
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and three solar distillation kits that produce fresh water,
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one of which is now on display at the Mariners' Museum.
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Water is key to survival, and freshwater
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is hard to come by in an ocean of saltwater.
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These are distillation units that you can put saltwater in,
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and through the sun's heat,
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will distill that into freshwater.
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But the kits barely produce enough water
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for Callahan to survive.
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Steve realizes that he needs to limit himself
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to about a pint of water daily.
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Callahan reckons
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that he's 450 miles west of the Canary Islands,
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and with no sail, he is at the mercy of the sea.
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All he can do is wait and pray for rescue.
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Steve's now hoping the life raft
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will drift into the major shipping lanes
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so that larger cargo ships will actually see him.
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After 14 long days,
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an exhausted and dehydrated Callahan
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finally spots a ship in the distance.
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He is elated,
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and he tries to signal to attract the ship's attention,
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but it all goes for naught because the ship passes him by.
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Weeks pass,
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and Callahan realizes the current
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has taken him well beyond the major shipping lanes.
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His prospects for survival look bleak.
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On March 19th,
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Callahan has now been adrift in his raft
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in the Atlantic for 43 days.
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That morning begins like any other.
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He readies his speargun to fish for breakfast.
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He fires at a dorado and hits his target,
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but as the fish struggles in the water,
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it drags the spear,
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puncturing the bottom tube of the raft.
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The chilling sound of escaping air stops Callahan cold.
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The spear cuts into the bottom tube of the raft,
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and immediately, all of the air flows out.
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Will this be the disaster that finally spells his doom?
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It's March, 1982.
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Amateur sailor Steven Callahan
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is staring death in the face.
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He's adrift on a life raft in the middle of
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the Atlantic Ocean, and now it's sprung a leak.
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So, will this captain go down with his raft?
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Callahan makes a desperate attempt
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to fix the raft's punctured tube.
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With fishing line and a seat cushion,
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he creates a plug to seal the leak,
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then reinflates it with a manual pump.
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He knows that it's critical that he is able
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to patch this and reinflate it so that he has
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any hope for survival.
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And amazingly it works.
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But the spear he's relied on for fishing has been damaged,
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and now he faces starvation.
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He's still adrift in the ocean,
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he's still not seeing ships,
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he's still in this predicament
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as much as he was before the leak began.
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Then, miraculously, on his 75th day in the raft,
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he spots some twinkling lights on the horizon,
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and with incredible excitement,
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he realizes they are on a shoreline.
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For the first time,
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Callahan falls asleep on the raft
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with a glimmer of hope.
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The next morning,
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after he's been adrift for 76 days,
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Steve awakes to find a small boat approaching him.
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After 76 days and an incredible 1,800 miles,
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Callahan is rescued by fishermen
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and taken back to the island of Guadalupe.
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After recovering from his journey,
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Callahan goes on to write a book about his remarkable experience.
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And today, his solar still
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on display at the Mariners' Museum
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helps tell his unbelievable story
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of survival against all odds.
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Armored vehicles,
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scuba gear,
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submachine guns--
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these aren't just any old weapons of war.
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They once belonged
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to the most elite fighting force in the country--
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the U.S. Navy Seals.
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Today, these items are on display
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at the National Navy UDT Seal Museum
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in Fort Pierce, Florida,
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an institution that celebrates these warriors
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and their work.
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The Seals are the men who can do it all.
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They are sea, air, land. They go in. They take care of business.
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One particular artifact in the collection
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perfectly showcases the Seals' no-nonsense attitude.
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It weighs about 10,000 pounds and is 20 feet long.
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We like to refer to it as a big orange pumpkin.
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This is a U.S. lifeboat,
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complete with chilling scars of combat.
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Who fired upon this vessel, and what role did it play
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in one of the most harrowing and heroic stories
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in recent history?
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It's 2009.
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53-year-old captain Richard Phillips
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is piloting the 17-ton cargo ship "Maersk Alabama"
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through the Indian Ocean.
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We get most of our supplies from these cargo ships
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from all around the world, and Captain Phillips
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was taking his cargo to Kenya.
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On April 8, he and his 19-man crew
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are a few hundred miles from the coast of Somalia,
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when suddenly, they spot a speedboat
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heading straight for them.
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It takes only a moment to realize what this could mean--
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pirates.
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Captain Phillips had been commanding ships
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for over 20 years.
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He was quite aware of the dangers in the water.
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Heavily armed pirates from nearby Somalia
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have a history of trolling these waters
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for cargo ships they can hijack for ransom,
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and the "Maersk Alabama" is no match
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for the fast, light speedboat.
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These large, heavy cargo ships just don't have the maneuverability
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to outrun these speedboats.
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But Captain Phillips has trained for an event of this nature.
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He sends a distress call to the military
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and orders the engineer to power down the ship,
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then instructs the crew
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to lock themselves in the hidden safe room,
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while he prepares to confront the pirates.
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Once the pirates get on board,
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they go up to the bridge and take over the captain.
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The pirates demand that Captain Phillips change his route
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and rush full speed ahead to Somalia,
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but Phillips explains that the ship is broken
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and won't be going anywhere.
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They're demanding the captain do something -- fix the boat,
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get the crew up, do all these things.
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Phillips pretends to comply with the pirates' demands.
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He radios to his crew,
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but they've been trained to stay in the safe room,
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despite the pirates' violent threats.
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They were getting aggravated when they realized
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things weren't going quite the way they wanted it to go.
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But just as the hijackers decide to abandon ship
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and head back to Somalia,
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they realize that is no longer an option.
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During the boarding, it seems, their skiff had overturned.
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To their abasement,
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their speedboat had sunk.
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Thinking fast,
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Captain Phillips proposes a new plan.
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So he said, "We will take a small lifeboat
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"and put it in the water for you,
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and you can leave."
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In order to show the pirates how to operate it,
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Phillips boards the lifeboat,
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but when he tries to return to the cargo ship,
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he finds he has been tricked.
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They wanted their ransom money.
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They took off with the captain on board.
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Phillips' crew realizes that their captain
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is now a hostage on the lifeboat.
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Will he make it off the vessel alive?
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It's 2009 in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
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The cargo ship "Maersk Alabama"
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has been hijacked by Somali pirates.
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And now, the ship's captain,
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Richard Phillips, is being held hostage
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in a lifeboat.
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So how can Phillips make it through this ordeal alive?
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With the pirates gone,
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the crew of the "Maersk Alabama" powers up the ship
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and waits for the military to bring help.
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As the Navy races to the scene,
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Captain Phillips' life hangs in the balance.
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He's going through extreme torture with these pirates.
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They're starting to use death rituals,
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like little games that they would play.
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The atmosphere is extremely, extremely tense.
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Finally, 20 hours into the hijacking,
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the Navy reaches the lifeboat.
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Right away, they begin negotiating
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the safe release of the captain,
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offering the pirates radios, food, and clothing.
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But what the pirates don't know
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is that the Navy has ulterior motives.
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The Navy would approach the vessel.
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They would always eyeball and make sure
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that Captain Phillips was in a certain seat,
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so they would have the visual.
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These so-called "proof of life" checks
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are critical to the Navy's plan,
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because hidden on a nearby ship
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is the most elite group of snipers in the U.S. Military--
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the Navy Seals.
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If there's any sign that the captain's life
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is in immediate jeopardy, they won't hesitate to strike.
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If you were in danger and you wanted somebody
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to come rescue your behind,
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these are the guys you want to call in.
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And that moment arrives on day five of the standoff,
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when suddenly, a pirate is seen pointing his rifle
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at Captain Phillips' back.
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Now they know they need to do something.
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Captain Phillips life is in immediate danger.
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The Seals need to take out the pirates and fast,
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but they are 100 feet away in rolling seas.
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And there is no room for error.
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The Seals have to make sure that they kill all three pirates
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at the same time, and they can't miss,
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because the pirates-- they may kill the captain.
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Shots fired!
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Shots fired! Shots fired!
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All three pirates are shot dead.
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I can tell you that they took more than one shot each,
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that each shot hit their target.
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Captain Phillips is completely unharmed.
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The Navy Seals--three. Somali pirates--zero.
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Thanks, guys. Thank you very much.
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You're real. Thank you so much.
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As the nation celebrates a successful end to the standoff,
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a much-relieved Captain Phillips returns to the U.S.,
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and the lifeboat finds a new home
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here at the Seals' Museum,
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where it reminds visitors about the harrowing ordeal
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that was brought to an end
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by the heroic and steadfast efforts
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of America's most elite warriors--
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the Navy Seals.
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Miami, Florida,
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is famous for its picturesque beaches and crystal clear surf.
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But away from the sun and sand
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is an entirely different kind of tourist attraction,
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History Miami,
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which celebrates the city's heritage.
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On display is an antique European navigation tool
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called a quadrant,
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a dagger recovered from a Spanish shipwreck,
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and an 18th-century French cannon.
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But among these treasured antiques
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is one item which looks like it belongs in a scrapyard.
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The artifact is about 5 feet wide
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and 14 feet long.
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It's very dark.
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It's made of metal and screws.
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There's a lot of rust and corrosion,
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and the paint is falling off.
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You can tell it went through something drastic.
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This dilapidated boat has an extraordinary story to tell.
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This makeshift vessel was built
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as part of a death-defying escape for freedom.
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April 1991 -- Cuba.
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Under the rule of despot Fidel Castro,
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this island nation
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is in the midst of an ongoing economic meltdown.
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Citizens are faced with regular shortages of food,
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electricity, and other essentials.
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They couldn't find what they needed to survive.
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It was a very difficult time for people living there in Cuba.
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And two friends,
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salesman Yuri Cardente and mechanic Juan Manuel Romero,
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have had enough.
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They've decided they are going to escape by boat
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to the United States.
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Cubans view the U.S.
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as a place to start a new life,
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to get a new job, and to make a new living.
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But the risks are high.
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For Cardente and Romero to reach the ocean,
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they'll have to follow a river
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that lies in the shadow of a military outpost.
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With the area monitored by patrol boats,
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the threat of arrest is all too real.
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If you were caught,
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you would face over 2 or 3 years in prison.
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This is really risky.
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Nevertheless, Cardente and Romero
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are convinced the prize outweighs the risks.
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To make their dream a reality,
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the first thing they must do is build a boat.
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They find a steering wheel, a rudder.
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And then they made the rest by themselves.
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They started bending the sheets of metal
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and putting it all together.
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Finally, 6 months later,
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the men finish building their makeshift vessel,
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the same one now on display at History Miami.
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Then, they transport it to the river.
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They're relieved that it even floats.
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They wanted to make sure they made very little noise.
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They ran their motor at a very low idle speed,
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very low RPM.
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Their voyage starts off smoothly
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until they approach the military base.
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The motor shuts off.
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The two men are now marooned on a riverbank
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in an area that's crawling with patrol boats.
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They figured the boat would be seen,
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and they would be discovered.
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So is this the end
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of Cardente and Romero's bid for freedom?
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It's October 1991 off the coast of Cuba.
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Desperate to escape a life of poverty,
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two young Cubans have built a makeshift boat
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and are trying to sail it for America.
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But just as they set out,
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their vessel breaks down in full view of a naval outpost.
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So has their bid for freedom been sunk?
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The men take stock of their situation.
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Juan did a quick inspection of the boat
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and realized there was a small part that needed to be replaced.
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Juan replaces the defective component...
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...and gets the boat up and running again.
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Finally, the men slip the tiny vessel
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past the military base and out into the open ocean.
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It was nighttime.
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And they really couldn't see where they were going.
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Using only a wrist compass as a guide,
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they head towards the Florida coast.
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But they're not in the clear yet.
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Suddenly, they encounter a massive ocean liner.
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It looked like it could be Cuban.
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The hulking vessel turns in their direction
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and heads straight for them.
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They thought they were gonna be caught.
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But as the ship comes into view,
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they realize it's Honduran,
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an ally of the United States.
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The ship's captain summons the U.S. Coast Guard,
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and the men are escorted to America.
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At 8:00 p.m. on October 4th,
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24 hours after they left Cuba,
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Yuri and Juan arrive in Key West, Florida.
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The men were elated.
529
00:27:16,050 --> 00:27:18,320
They finally got to the United States.
530
00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:20,220
It was a reality.
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00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,830
The men take up residence in Miami,
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00:27:22,930 --> 00:27:24,960
where Yuri opens an auto body shop
533
00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:27,560
and Juan finds work as a mechanic.
534
00:27:27,670 --> 00:27:31,700
Today, this 14-foot, metal-hull boat
535
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,300
sits in the History Miami museum archives.
536
00:27:35,410 --> 00:27:38,440
It serves as a reminder of two courageous men
537
00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:41,210
who followed their dreams to build a better life.
538
00:27:46,250 --> 00:27:47,450
Boston, Massachusetts,
539
00:27:47,550 --> 00:27:50,550
is home to many American firsts.
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00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:53,890
It's the site of the country's first public park,
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00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:58,490
first college, and even the first lighthouse.
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00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,100
Also on that list
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00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,100
is the nation's first historical organization,
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00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,740
the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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00:28:10,810 --> 00:28:12,310
Its treasures include
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00:28:12,410 --> 00:28:15,440
epaulets worn by General George Washington
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00:28:15,550 --> 00:28:17,650
during the American Revolution,
548
00:28:17,750 --> 00:28:21,420
a cannon fired in the War of 1812,
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00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,220
and a pen used by President Abraham Lincoln
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00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,220
during the Civil War.
551
00:28:29,330 --> 00:28:32,700
But among these reminders of conflict and battle
552
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,570
is an item that describes a much more personal struggle.
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00:28:36,670 --> 00:28:38,270
It's made of leather and paper.
554
00:28:38,370 --> 00:28:40,340
The paper is quite brittle.
555
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,940
It's almost 300 years old.
556
00:28:46,110 --> 00:28:49,450
These aged pages relay a harrowing tale
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00:28:49,550 --> 00:28:52,380
of danger, endurance, and hope.
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00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,320
This rare book tells the story about the struggle to survive.
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00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:02,930
It's 1722.
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00:29:03,030 --> 00:29:07,330
19-year-old Massachusetts native Philip Ashton is the captain
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00:29:07,430 --> 00:29:10,070
of a small fishing ship named the Milton.
562
00:29:10,170 --> 00:29:12,940
He was a pretty strong-willed and resilient guy
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00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:17,270
and was among the hardiest of the men from Massachusetts.
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00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:21,410
One day in June, Ashton's crew
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00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:23,250
is off the coast of Nova Scotia,
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00:29:23,350 --> 00:29:24,650
fishing for cod,
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00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:28,520
when their vessel is suddenly attacked.
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00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:33,360
Pirates storm the ship and take Ashton prisoner.
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00:29:33,460 --> 00:29:35,860
For months, he's held in captivity
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00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,660
as the pirates sail up and down the Atlantic coast
571
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,500
until one day when they take him to a deserted island
572
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,930
off the coast of Honduras to help gather supplies.
573
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,240
Pirates, during this period, loved the island
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00:29:48,340 --> 00:29:49,640
because it was uninhabited.
575
00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:54,010
And it was very well known as a sort of a pirate hideout.
576
00:29:54,110 --> 00:29:57,810
There, Ashton seizes an opportunity to escape.
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00:30:00,690 --> 00:30:02,720
He kept walking and walking.
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00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:05,250
When he was just far enough away from the pirates,
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00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,820
he turned and dashed into the woods.
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00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,160
Ashton hides for hours,
581
00:30:14,270 --> 00:30:17,330
until his frustrated captors give up their search.
582
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,570
Philip Ashton saw the ship sail away.
583
00:30:21,670 --> 00:30:25,770
And he was overjoyed that he was free of the pirates.
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00:30:30,310 --> 00:30:34,480
But the gravity of his situation quickly sets in.
585
00:30:34,590 --> 00:30:38,120
Now he was completely alone on an uninhabited island.
586
00:30:38,220 --> 00:30:40,060
And he brought nothing with him.
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00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,130
He had no shoes. He had no gun.
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00:30:43,230 --> 00:30:45,260
He had no way to build a fire.
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00:30:48,470 --> 00:30:52,940
Ashton has no boat, and he can't swim.
590
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,040
He also has no weapons to defend himself.
591
00:30:56,140 --> 00:30:58,940
And the island is teeming with alligators.
592
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,610
Ashton couldn't have been more unprepared.
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00:31:01,710 --> 00:31:04,780
He didn't know whether he was gonna live or not.
594
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,020
All he can do is try and survive
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00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,090
and hope for rescue.
596
00:31:10,190 --> 00:31:13,420
So he gathers materials to build a shelter.
597
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,520
Then he searches for food.
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00:31:15,630 --> 00:31:17,930
He was forced to literally claw out a living
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00:31:18,030 --> 00:31:19,430
with his bare hands,
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00:31:19,530 --> 00:31:22,800
surviving on whatever he could find growing on the island.
601
00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:24,770
He even dug sea turtle eggs
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00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:27,640
out of the sand and ate them raw.
603
00:31:29,970 --> 00:31:32,370
But, eventually, the eggs run out,
604
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,180
and starvation sets in.
605
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,880
At this rate, Ashton will be dead in a day or two.
606
00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:40,380
It was looking like this was the end
607
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,720
of the line for Philip Ashton.
608
00:31:42,820 --> 00:31:45,890
So is this unlucky castaway doomed?
609
00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:55,760
It's 1723 in the Caribbean.
610
00:31:55,870 --> 00:31:57,300
For nine long months,
611
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:58,970
fisherman Philip Ashton
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00:31:59,070 --> 00:32:01,040
has been stranded on a deserted island,
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00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:03,040
struggling to stay alive.
614
00:32:03,140 --> 00:32:05,170
Now he's on the brink of death.
615
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:09,240
So will Philip Ashton ever see civilization again?
616
00:32:11,650 --> 00:32:14,220
Ashton is on the brink of starvation
617
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,850
when he spies something that could offer him hope.
618
00:32:16,950 --> 00:32:19,220
He was sitting on his island.
619
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:23,290
And he saw a solitary canoe paddling across the water.
620
00:32:23,390 --> 00:32:25,430
He couldn't believe his eyes.
621
00:32:27,630 --> 00:32:29,930
A man comes ashore and tells Ashton
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00:32:30,030 --> 00:32:31,600
that he's a settler from the mainland,
623
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:35,140
which is about 30 miles away.
624
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,710
He agrees to help Ashton off the island
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00:32:37,810 --> 00:32:40,910
but says that first, he must find him some food.
626
00:32:41,010 --> 00:32:43,650
He was gonna go off hunting on some of the nearby islands.
627
00:32:43,750 --> 00:32:45,950
So this must have been an incredible moment
628
00:32:46,050 --> 00:32:48,320
for Philip Ashton.
629
00:32:48,420 --> 00:32:49,920
Just after the hunter leaves,
630
00:32:50,020 --> 00:32:53,820
however, a tremendous storm breaks out.
631
00:32:56,190 --> 00:32:58,790
The man does not return.
632
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:00,730
It must have been incredibly hard for him
633
00:33:00,830 --> 00:33:02,030
to be, once again,
634
00:33:02,130 --> 00:33:04,370
in a position of being all alone
635
00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:07,300
when he realized the man wasn't coming back.
636
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:11,710
But all is not lost.
637
00:33:11,810 --> 00:33:15,010
The man had left behind some of his tools --
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00:33:15,110 --> 00:33:19,450
a knife, some tongs, and a way to make a fire.
639
00:33:19,550 --> 00:33:23,320
Ashton was able to catch crawfish and lobsters.
640
00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:24,850
He's able to cook food.
641
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,090
He's able to keep himself warm.
642
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,130
Philip Ashton puts the tools to good use
643
00:33:33,230 --> 00:33:37,130
and musters a newfound resolve to survive.
644
00:33:37,230 --> 00:33:39,970
Ashton was an incredibly determined guy.
645
00:33:40,070 --> 00:33:42,200
He did everything he could to keep himself alive
646
00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:44,840
on that island.
647
00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:50,510
Ashton, now 22 years old,
648
00:33:50,610 --> 00:33:53,550
fights for his life for nearly seven more months,
649
00:33:53,650 --> 00:33:56,220
until he is spotted by a passing ship.
650
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,120
He couldn't believe his eyes.
651
00:33:58,220 --> 00:34:01,020
He must have thought he was hallucinating.
652
00:34:01,130 --> 00:34:02,960
He's taken on board
653
00:34:03,060 --> 00:34:06,060
and eventually finds passage back to Massachusetts.
654
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:11,070
As bad as his luck was before, this was simply miraculous.
655
00:34:11,170 --> 00:34:14,270
After being lost at sea for almost three years,
656
00:34:14,370 --> 00:34:19,510
Ashton's ordeal comes to an end in May of 1725.
657
00:34:19,610 --> 00:34:21,410
Ashton came home with one of the most
658
00:34:21,510 --> 00:34:23,680
remarkable sea stories of this era.
659
00:34:23,780 --> 00:34:27,320
And he wrote it down into a book
660
00:34:27,420 --> 00:34:29,380
that recounted all of his experiences
661
00:34:29,490 --> 00:34:32,790
with the pirates and on the island.
662
00:34:32,890 --> 00:34:35,060
The book, Ashton's memorial,
663
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,430
is published to enormous success.
664
00:34:37,530 --> 00:34:40,430
And the public embraces his remarkable tale.
665
00:34:40,530 --> 00:34:42,230
Philip Ashton had nothing.
666
00:34:42,330 --> 00:34:45,730
And he was incredibly lucky to survive.
667
00:34:48,570 --> 00:34:52,770
Today, this rare copy of Philip Ashton's memoir
668
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:53,940
is in the collection
669
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,910
of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
670
00:34:57,010 --> 00:35:00,750
It recalls a determined man's incredible will to survive
671
00:35:00,850 --> 00:35:03,520
facing impossible odds.
672
00:35:07,930 --> 00:35:10,290
Indianapolis, Indiana.
673
00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:11,560
This city is synonymous
674
00:35:11,660 --> 00:35:14,460
with some of the biggest car races on the planet,
675
00:35:14,570 --> 00:35:16,870
earning it the nickname,
676
00:35:16,970 --> 00:35:19,100
"The Motorsports Capital of the World."
677
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,770
But not far from its famous raceway
678
00:35:21,870 --> 00:35:23,240
and the roaring engines
679
00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:25,910
is an institution of quiet remembrance --
680
00:35:26,010 --> 00:35:28,910
the Indiana War Memorial Museum.
681
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,620
Honoring the valor and sacrifice
682
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:36,220
of those who have served this country,
683
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,520
the noble institution's collection
684
00:35:38,620 --> 00:35:41,890
includes battle-worn military uniforms,
685
00:35:41,990 --> 00:35:44,230
a clock from a Japanese submarine.,
686
00:35:44,330 --> 00:35:46,260
and a Tiffany Silver Serving set
687
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:52,330
used by naval officers in the 1890s.
688
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,870
But one artifact here
689
00:35:53,970 --> 00:35:57,240
tolls for some of the bravest servicemen of them all.
690
00:35:57,340 --> 00:36:00,110
It is 20 inches wide and 25 inches tall.
691
00:36:00,210 --> 00:36:04,750
It's made out of bronze and weighs 800 pounds.
692
00:36:04,850 --> 00:36:08,680
It's been around for almost a century.
693
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:10,250
This bell recalls
694
00:36:10,350 --> 00:36:13,090
one of the most incredible survival stories
695
00:36:13,190 --> 00:36:14,360
in American history.
696
00:36:14,460 --> 00:36:16,430
During the span of only 12 minutes,
697
00:36:16,530 --> 00:36:19,360
these sailors went from peacefully sleeping in their bunks
698
00:36:19,460 --> 00:36:21,100
to fighting for their lives.
699
00:36:24,330 --> 00:36:27,570
It's July 1945 in the Pacific Ocean.
700
00:36:27,670 --> 00:36:31,840
The crew of the naval cruiser, the U.S.S. Indianapolis
701
00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:34,880
has just completed a top secret mission,
702
00:36:34,980 --> 00:36:37,180
taking the world's first atomic bomb
703
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:38,780
from San Francisco
704
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,180
to the tiny Pacific island of Tinian
705
00:36:41,290 --> 00:36:43,650
to eventually be dropped on Hiroshima.
706
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:46,990
It took only 10 days to deliver its historic cargo.
707
00:36:47,090 --> 00:36:50,930
Now the 1,200-strong crew of the Indianapolis
708
00:36:51,030 --> 00:36:52,430
are under orders to sail
709
00:36:52,530 --> 00:36:55,900
to an American base in the Philippines.
710
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,470
They thought it would be really smooth voyage
711
00:36:57,570 --> 00:36:58,830
because the Navy told them
712
00:36:58,940 --> 00:37:00,870
there was no Japanese submarine activity in that area.
713
00:37:00,970 --> 00:37:05,210
But halfway through the trip, there's trouble.
714
00:37:05,310 --> 00:37:07,740
Just after midnight on July 30th...
715
00:37:09,050 --> 00:37:10,950
...the Indianapolis is rocked
716
00:37:11,050 --> 00:37:15,120
by a series of deafening blasts.
717
00:37:15,220 --> 00:37:17,750
The vessel is under attack.
718
00:37:17,860 --> 00:37:19,490
The first torpedo hit the front of the ship --
719
00:37:19,590 --> 00:37:21,290
the bow -- and severed it.
720
00:37:21,390 --> 00:37:23,490
The second torpedo hit midship.
721
00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:26,900
The blasts ripped through the ship,
722
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,300
killing hundreds of men.
723
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,830
And within minutes, the Indianapolis starts to sink.
724
00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:35,640
The surviving sailors send out a frantic S.O.S. signal
725
00:37:35,740 --> 00:37:38,110
and then proceed to abandon ship.
726
00:37:38,210 --> 00:37:40,840
It's an unbelievably chaotic and terrifying situation.
727
00:37:40,940 --> 00:37:43,980
The ocean was covered with oil, debris,
728
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:45,650
even body parts of their shipmates.
729
00:37:48,590 --> 00:37:51,190
Just 12 minutes later,
730
00:37:51,290 --> 00:37:54,120
the Indianapolis disappears beneath the waves,
731
00:37:54,220 --> 00:37:56,190
leaving some 800 sailors
732
00:37:56,290 --> 00:37:59,290
floating in the open Pacific Ocean.
733
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,360
For hours, the men tread water,
734
00:38:01,470 --> 00:38:05,730
hoping that help will soon arrive.
735
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:09,470
But by dawn the next morning, no one has come.
736
00:38:09,570 --> 00:38:12,510
The men estimate that unless they are rescued,
737
00:38:12,610 --> 00:38:15,710
they will perish from either exhaustion or starvation
738
00:38:15,810 --> 00:38:17,410
within a few days.
739
00:38:17,510 --> 00:38:19,010
The sailors were fighting to survive.
740
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,320
It seems like things can't get any worse.
741
00:38:22,420 --> 00:38:23,620
Little did they know
742
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,850
an even more terrifying menace
743
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:27,920
is lurking beneath the surface.
744
00:38:32,930 --> 00:38:34,600
Their horror is just beginning.
745
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,040
July 1945 in the Pacific Ocean.
746
00:38:46,140 --> 00:38:47,940
The U.S.S. Indianapolis
747
00:38:48,050 --> 00:38:50,510
has just been sunk by Japanese torpedoes
748
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:54,050
leaving 800 helpless sailors fighting for survival.
749
00:38:54,150 --> 00:38:57,590
Little do they know, the worst is yet to come.
750
00:38:57,690 --> 00:39:01,420
What chilling fate awaits them beneath the surface?
751
00:39:04,860 --> 00:39:06,930
The men are bobbing in the ocean...
752
00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:17,770
...when suddenly one of them disappears underwater.
753
00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:22,110
Moments later,
754
00:39:22,210 --> 00:39:24,850
another sailor is pulled beneath the surface.
755
00:39:27,890 --> 00:39:30,490
The men make a horrifying realization.
756
00:39:30,590 --> 00:39:33,620
They are surrounded by sharks.
757
00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:36,030
At first, the sharks started feeding on the dead bodies,
758
00:39:36,130 --> 00:39:38,130
Then they turn their attention to the living,
759
00:39:38,230 --> 00:39:40,760
especially those who are injured or bleeding.
760
00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:45,000
Each kill draws more of the fearsome predators
761
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:46,240
to the area.
762
00:39:46,340 --> 00:39:49,310
Each attack releases more blood in the water,
763
00:39:49,410 --> 00:39:52,580
setting off a feeding frenzy amongst the hungry sharks.
764
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,910
The sailors are at the complete mercy
765
00:39:55,010 --> 00:39:57,610
of these vicious beasts.
766
00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:00,220
It's like mayhem in the water. There's blood everywhere.
767
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,190
Arms flailing, men screaming in terror,
768
00:40:03,290 --> 00:40:06,020
watching their buddies being pulled under the water
769
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,160
and be eaten alive.
770
00:40:09,260 --> 00:40:13,160
It seems like the crew's fate is sealed,
771
00:40:13,260 --> 00:40:15,730
but the struggling sailors are about to do something
772
00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:18,130
that could give them a fighting chance.
773
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,700
The men cling to each other in the water
774
00:40:20,810 --> 00:40:22,870
forming large pods,
775
00:40:22,970 --> 00:40:26,140
they take turns sheltering in the middle of each group.
776
00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:27,680
Now the safest place to be
777
00:40:27,780 --> 00:40:29,250
was in the middle of those groups
778
00:40:29,350 --> 00:40:30,480
because the sharks were picking off
779
00:40:30,580 --> 00:40:31,650
those on the perimeter.
780
00:40:33,250 --> 00:40:35,380
For days the men cling to life,
781
00:40:35,490 --> 00:40:38,350
fending off the sharks and praying for rescue.
782
00:40:38,460 --> 00:40:41,560
Each morning, there were fewer and fewer survivors
783
00:40:41,660 --> 00:40:43,860
in the water.
784
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,230
Finally on August 2nd, 1945,
785
00:40:47,330 --> 00:40:50,370
after four days stranded in the open ocean,
786
00:40:50,470 --> 00:40:52,330
there's a glimmer of hope.
787
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:00,040
A U.S. Army seaplane on a routine patrol
788
00:41:00,140 --> 00:41:03,050
spots the survivors and radios for help.
789
00:41:03,150 --> 00:41:06,580
The survivors in the water, they were overjoyed.
790
00:41:08,350 --> 00:41:10,120
Hours later,
791
00:41:10,220 --> 00:41:12,120
a rescue ship arrives on the scene
792
00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:14,160
and begins pulling sailors out of the water.
793
00:41:15,860 --> 00:41:22,930
Of the original 1,200-man crew, just 317 men are left alive.
794
00:41:23,030 --> 00:41:24,600
The sinking of the Indianapolis goes down as
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one of the worst disasters in American history.
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Today the bell of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
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remains on display at the Indiana War Memorial Museum.
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It serves as a testament
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to the brave soldiers
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who endured a terrifying tragedy in the service of their country.
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From a miraculous underwater bubble
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to Somali pirates.
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Seventy-six days on the open seas
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to a death-defying journey to freedom.
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I'm Don Wildman, and these are the mysteries at the museum.
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