It had been twenty days straight…twenty days this cargo ship braced the ocean. We were now near the horn of Africa and we had all been fatigued of the tiresome journey.
On day 21 the dark clouds threateningly hovered above our heads. A big storm seemed imminent. Rain started coming down and by evening it was pouring down heavily. We realized we were caught in the middle of a massive storm. Strong winds made it impossible to move around. The ship was rocking vigorously as the waves crashed into the ship.
‘Boom!’ - we heard an explosion in the ship. After a few minutes the captain announced “There has been an explosion in the engine room which led to engine failure.” There was a bizarre silence in the room. “Everyone get to the lifeboats in
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Gaining consciousness I stabilized myself only to find out I was in some sort of an island. My mind felt disorientated. My stomach rumbled. My mouth was dry and my feet were soggy. When my brain came to work, it realized I was stranded in an island which seemed isolated. That made me feel lonely, anxious and scared. I started to explore the island to find any kind of human civilization. Questions were flashing by my brain as my feet continued to explore the Island. Where is this place? Are there any other survivors? Does anyone know I am here? My brain inquired itself further whilst my eyes observed and analyzed every corner of the …show more content…
My sore feet forcefully moved on, demanding food. A few more steps then I saw... a fallen coconut! This made me start feeling energetic again; I took the coconut back to the shore. After I reached, An idea came to me, I needed something to slice a hole in the coconut. I examined my pockets and guess what I found? A Swiss pocket knife. I stabbed my knife right through the chest of the coconut making a hole wide enough to gulp all the water down my parched throat. The second the water touched my lips my body felt refreshed. The sweet coconut tasted like heaven. I felt internal relief. After drinking the water I smashed the coconut on the ground to scrape the
corn, as though it were dew from heaven . . . I then found on the
But nearly as soon as Marion's dreams of sailing became reality, the reality became a nightmare. On the voyage home, a whale rammed the schooner, ripping the seams and sending water into the hold. Before the schooner went down, the captain, al...
Rain and windy conditions were setting us up to savor the good weather when and if it came. In keeping with Dad’s why-start-early program, we made it three-for-three on afternoon starts. We had another pair of locks at Beauharnois. Like the Eisenhower Locks, this is another austere setting with towers and high voltage wires adding to the forbidding atmosphere. It took us more than three hours to get back on our way after waiting for a tanker to come through in the opposite direction. We shared the second lock with a lightly loaded ship named Christine. It was like having a pointed four-story, floating college dormitory behind us. When we left the lock the ship passed us like they were the pleasure boat and we were the freighter. I recall Deb saying, “Grab the loose dishes. We’re going to get pitched around.” A ship of that size throws an enormous wake when going faster than ten-to-twelve knots.
Is it good with water? It's all right. You want them with water? asked the woman to do it. Yes, with water, with water.
Thoughts began rushing through my mind…my family…. my home. I remember my life before being stranded on the island. I remember the island and everything that happened. I quickly became vulnerable and started crying. As I felt my tears run down my face I felt anger, pain, happiness and regret. The officer leaning against the door made his way to the edge of my bed “You’ll be alright son, you’re safe now.” He awkwardly patted my back in attempt to comfort me. “I have
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...light arose, my eyes began to squint shut trying to block the sunlight drifting in. I failed and immediately woke up opening my red watery burning eyes. David ran through the rough edged sedimentary grey rocks and through the bright green leaves of the trees with an idea. “To get rescued we should make a large SOS sign with rocks so that the planes flying from above can see it” he said. I thought the idea was incredible, so we all came together placing rock after rock deeply in the wet sparkly sludge like sand. After a long hardworking 12 hours we were finally finished. As we waited anxiously day after day for rescue we finally received it. Fifteen days later a enormous smooth plane landed on the island. As the plane slowly lifted off the almond colored ground making a turbo noise, I felt that we all learned in any situation that we need to stick together to survive.
So they followed the map into the sea for 2 days, and on the third there was a MASSIVE storm it was hailing, there were huge waves, the boat flipped over. “Tulio, Miguel where are you!” I screamed
It was the third day of the winter holidays when Anmol called us up to the jetty, it wasn’t normal to be out on the water at this time of year. The screeching winds tore over the horizon and collided with the small yachts tied in an uneven pattern all around us. The constant noise of clattering was annoying but quite memorising and the salt was already starting to
The dread is huge; I have mixed emotions of both excitement and fear. My stomach is in knots! The heavy rain and buffeting waves drench the ship to the point of flooding. I don’t know if I’ll be able to note everything, but I’ll give it a try. My mother made me promise that I would write daily.
I walked down the deck falling into numerous holes in the process. When I pulled my leg from out of one hole I was stepping in, I cut it. I watched the blood drip down the wound as the pain settled in. The large gash was deep and I could barely move, but I was determined. I finally got to a door made of rotting wood and swung it
However, to be polite, I managed to digest it with some water. After the meal, my mom came to me and asked, “how was it honey?” She looked really happy and I didn’t want to say “it was terrible, I almost threw up.” So, I lied. Instead, I said “It was delightful, but next time you should make something easier, you don’t want to tire yourself out.”
I swam through the sea illuminated by the flames to find Tom."You okay buddy?""Yeah the flames were everywhere and I wasn't sure what to do.""Well you did the right thing Tom."Finally he was beside me riding over the waves. We found a large board that supported our weight and we began to circle the destroyed vessel. I began to feel weary from inhaling so much smoke. Everything was going dark and before long I couldn't hold on. I don't know when I woke up.
Then all of a sudden, I look back and the island is behind me, but that doesn’t mean anything, I am still lost. About another twenty minutes go by, and I notice a line of