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Tldr: 'Davidson stripped off his nightshirt and swam away from the ship. The suction took him down, and when he came up, he swam into a frenzied crowd. “They tr
by readthenotes1 1y ago
Tldr: 'Davidson stripped off his nightshirt and swam away from the ship. The suction took him down, and when he came up, he swam into a frenzied crowd. “They tramped me under three times before I got through them. I swam on a little farther, but the water was fearfully cold, and I was out of practice swimming,” he said.
Davidson was picked up by a lifeboat and taken to the _Storstad_, which survived the collision.'
The article was apparently edited to increase prolixity.
- hatthew 1y agoI thought the background was interesting and helpful to know
- fisherjeff 1y agoIt’s a book excerpt
- mnky9800n 1y agoI thought he would explain how he figured all this out but it was not clear from the article how he did so.
- Cipater 1y agoThank you for teaching me a new word. Prolixity - unnecessarily or tediously wordy
- jolt42 1y agoI prefer the almost comical sounding word, logorrhea.
- jolt42 1y agoI wondered about this suction. Is he talking about the ship sinking as suction. Mythbusters demonstrated IIRC that this "suction" doesn't happen.