Sunk
A group of tourists went on a deep-sea diving trip off the coast of Key Biscayne, Fla. After being in the water for 55 minutes, Paul Kline of Austin, Texas, and another diver from Spain surfaced to find four-foot swells, but no dive boat. “We were in shock,” Kline said, to realize they were left behind miles offshore. The two men spotted a fishing buoy and held on for more than two hours until they were rescued by a passing yacht. When the captain of the dive boat, Mike Beach, was finally reached, he refused to answer questions about how he lost track of two men he was responsible for. “Everybody is OK, no one is hurt, everyone is happy,” Beach said. “That’s all.” (RC/Miami Herald) ...Wishful thinking.Original Publication Date: 16 October 2011
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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