Lifeboat in Antarctica
Lisa Paisola had spent almost two weeks aboard a cruise ship in Antarctica's freezing temperatures, but she'd never felt cold like this. Huddled with 32 others in a metal lifeboat tossed by a fierce wind, she held her breath each time the craft ... [... more]
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Alone With the Gunman
Tammi Smith got up early and dressed in jeans and a white shirt. She had an appointment in traffic court in Shelbyville, Indiana, over a minor violation. Waking her husband, Shawn, with a kiss, she told him she was taking the van. The kids were ... [... more]
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Heart Attack at 55 MPH
Jose and Maria Le Grand, and their two children, Blake, 14, and Alexis, 6, had just spent a long Memorial Day weekend at Jose's parents' home in New Jersey. For this close-knit New York City family, it had been a pleasant respite from the noise ... [... more]
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Out of the Wreckage
By Tara Conry, Fran Lostys, and Bridget Nelson Monroe From Reader's Digest The baby, who they soon found out was 11-month-old Kyson Stowell, had lived nearby with his mother, Kerri, 23, a single parent. That evening, Kerri had called her parents, ... [... more]
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Lost in the Mountains
At eight months shy of 50, Charlie Hench had the happy-go-lucky air of an unfettered younger man. A former Michigan State rugby player, he was six feet tall and could bench-press 315 pounds. In recent years, he'd run with the bulls in Spain, ... [... more]
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HEROES: Day-Care Drama
Louise Zoller thought it was awfully quiet at the day-care center in Cape Coral, Florida. Planning to celebrate her mother's birthday that afternoon, Zoller, 33, had arrived 45 minutes earlier than usual to pick up two-year-old Hannah, with her ... [... more]
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Dreaded Sound
Ten stories beneath a street in Fall River, Massachusetts, tunnel workers heard a loud whoosh of air and a clatter of rocks and debris. A second later, a Niagara-like roar of black water poured into the sewer-overflow tunnel they were excavating. ... [... more]
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Shark! How One Surfer Survived an Attack
Silver fog blanketed California's Monterey Bay on a late August morning last year. For Todd Endris, it was a perfect end-of-summer day for surfing. The lanky 24-year-old aquarium technician zipped into his wet suit and headed to Marina State ... [... more]
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Heroes: Runaway-Rig Rescue
Howard stopped, and when the truck rumbled past him, he saw that the driver, who was frantically glancing over his shoulder as he swerved toward the lanes of traffic, was young. "This guy," Howard muttered to himself, "should have his [... more]
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Northern Exposure: A Deep Sea Diver's Story
As looming icebergs blotted out the low sun, Lewis Gordon Pugh thrust his tiny craft into the Arctic pack ice 60 miles north of Norway. Spray kicked up by his paddles froze instantly against his wet suit, but the piercing chill didn't faze Pugh: ... [... more]
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ... [... more]
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