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The last passenger

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Jerry Schemmel, one of the survivors of the United Flight 232 plane crash, narrates his experience when the airplane made an emergency landing due to hydraulic system failure. The impact of the plane's landing caused the death of 112 passengers.

Author: Schemmel, Jerry, Simpson, Kevin
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
Excerpt, Aircraft accidents, Chosen to Live (Book)

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Solo sailor, in peril

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World-class yatchsman Tony Bullimore recounts his four-day ordeal in the Southern Ocean, where his boat, the Exide Challenger, capsized and trapped him underneath. Bullimore's toughness and concern for his wife helped him through the ordeal.

Author: Bullimore, Tony
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1998
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Accidents, Sailing, Shipwrecks, Bullimore, Tony

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., Survival
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