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Against the sea

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A 44-year-old female diver showed great determination to stay afloat for almost 28 hours amidst strong currents and riptides while being lost at sea. The diver, who was accidentally separated from her co-divers due to strong waves, successfully reached a sloping beach through her willpower.

Author: McConnell, Malcolm
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
Diving (Underwater), Diving, Women divers

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Miracle on the flight deck

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A KA-6D aerial tanker undertakes an emergency landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln after an unanchored seat propelled a crewman to smash through the canopy. Pilot Mark Baden's foremost concern from the time Keith Gallagher crashed through the cockpit, was Gallagher's safety.

Author: McConnell, Malcolm
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1993
Aircraft carriers, Military pilots, Air pilots, Military

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This machine could save your life

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Defibrillators, a small computerized, battery-operated device, can save many cardiac-arrest victims when administered at the early onset of irregular ventricular fibrillation. It works by sending brief electrical shocks to the heart.

Author: McConnell, Malcolm
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
Care and treatment, Evaluation, Equipment and supplies, Defibrillators, Cardiac arrest, Emergency medicine

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