“Unable to make radio contact with this second plane I felt my chances were fading fast. Dropping the radio mic, I sprinted up to the deck... and saw a huge ship bearing down on me!”

—  Abby Sunderland

Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 186

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