The Finest Hours
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast
struck
New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally
ripping it in half.
On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves,
four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30
stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
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