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Ten hours until dawn : the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do /

Documents the rescue efforts of pilot boat captain Frank Quirk and his four-man team, who, during the blizzard of 1978, endeavored to save the crew of a floundering tanker off the Massachusetts coast as well as a Coast Guard team that was endangered during a failed rescue attempt. In the midst of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tougias, Michael J., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Can Do (Pilot boat)
Global Hope (Ship)
Quirk, Frank, > Jr.
United States. > Coast Guard > Search and rescue operations > Massachusetts.
Shipwrecks > Massachusetts.
Pilot boats > Massachusetts > Gloucester > History.
Winter storms > Massachusetts.
Blizzards > Massachusetts.
Blizzards.
7 Can Do (Ship)
Naufrages > Massachusetts.
Bateaux-pilotes > Massachusetts > Gloucester > Histoire.
Tempêtes hivernales > Massachusetts.
Tempêtes de neige > Massachusetts.
United States. > Coast Guard.
Search and rescue operations.
Pilot boats.
Shipwrecks.
Winter storms.
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts > Gloucester.
Blizzard of 1978 > Blizzard of '78
Nonfiction.
History.
Online Access:Sample text
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • The gathering storm
  • The Coast Guard responds
  • Frank Quirk and Charlie Bucko
  • Rogue waves and dead engines
  • Rescue of the Chester Poling
  • A storm like no other
  • Swept over with a crash
  • A family's anxious wait
  • Time is the enemy
  • Heading northeast
  • Pursuing life's pathway
  • In shoal waters
  • Troubles on the Cape George
  • Silence
  • Beyond the realm of experience
  • The anchor
  • The breakwater
  • Desperation
  • Dawn's dim light
  • The search
  • The Global Hope
  • Devastation
  • Discoveries
  • The week after
  • Wrecked boat, wrecked lives
  • "Crossing the bar"
  • Brian and farewell
  • Epilogue.