The Birthday Card Tied to a Life Ring: 11 Days Adrift
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The Birthday Card Tied to a Life Ring: 11 Days Adrift
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A laminated birthday card, still sealed and dry after eleven days in the Gulf, washed ashore tied to a life ring - and it was threaded from the inside, a deliberate act done after someone watched a man die; how did that card become the world’s first clue to a drifting vessel 61 miles from the search? Searchers had been looking in the wrong place while two survivors drifted with no compass, no chart plotter, and a beacon giving coordinates 18 miles off - what led them to survive, and how did a card become their voice?
In this episode, we follow the Callie Mae’s voyage from Palmetto on January 7 and trace the sequence of failures, decisions, and survival skills that unfolded after a wave struck on January 9. We describe who was aboard, what failed on the vessel, and the improvised navigation and actions that kept two people alive - could a middle-school science lesson and a laminated birthday card really be the keys to their rescue?
Person: Nicole Stewart
Person: Marcus Webb
Person: Robert Fenn
Date: January 7-19, 2017
Location: Gulf of Mexico, 61 miles south of where searchers looked
- The Callie Mae was a 42-foot sloop that left dock fourteen on January 7 bound for Isla Mujeres, roughly 500 miles away.
- Between 18 and 22-foot wave struck the boat in the early hours of January 9; impact lasted approximately four seconds.
- The wave staved in two portholes, flooded the salon, shattered the compass housing, and disabled the chart plotter and paper charts.
- The EPIRB transmitted coordinates that were 18 miles off target while the vessel drifted 61 miles from the search area.
- The laminated birthday card had been written in October, sealed in plastic, and remained dry inside after eleven days adrift.
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