“Just like that, a single phone call erased one possible, horrendous future—and replaced it with the bright certainty that God had answered the prayers of thousands and that their beloved Abby was coming home.”

Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 179

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