![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In trying to uncover what happened to the Andrea Gail, Junger interviews captains from other ships, Coast Guard personnel, and family members of those lost. Soon after, the Andrea Gail will disappear from the face of the earth, leaving behind loved ones mourning the loss, and a stunned Gloucester. In late October, as a powerful storm begins to build in the fishing waters of the North Atlantic-a storm that will come to be known as “The Storm of the Century” by those in its path, and, simply, “The Perfect Storm” by meteorologists, who watch it come together-captain Billy Tyne radios to the other ships in the fleet one line: “She’s coming on boys, and she’s coming on strong” (106). In late September of 1991, the swordfishing boat Andrea Gail departs the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts with six men aboard, for a month-long fishing trip. ![]()
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