Mu 1961 gulu la anthu linasambira m'madzi kuchokera ku Bahamas pamene ogwira ntchitowa anawona chinachake chosadabwitsa m'madzi. Anali msungwana wamng'ono, pafupi ndi imfa, amene adakwera pa kamtunda kakang'ono.
Ndiye kodi mwana wina dzina lake Terry Joe Duperrault analowa bwanji m'madzi a Atlantic Ocean? Nkhani yake ikudodometsa ndi kukudodometsani inu mofanana.
Ulendo wa Terry Joe kumbali iyi ya dziko lapansi idakonzedweratu zaka zoopsya izi zisanakhale zofunikira pamoyo wa aliyense m'banja. Bambo a Terry, Arthur Duperrault, yemwe ali ndi zaka 41, komanso mayi wake wa zaka 38, dzina lake Jean, anakhala nthawi yaitali ulendo umenewu.
Makolo akufuna kuti abweretse ana awo atatu: Brian, mtsikana wazaka 11, Terry wa zaka 11, ndi René wazaka 7, pa ulendo wosaiwalika womwe angakumbukire moyo wawo wonse. Iwo adalanda bwato lalikulu la "Blue Beauty" ndipo anapita kukaphunzira Bahamas.
November 8, 1961 banja lonse, motsogozedwa ndi Captain Julian Harvey ndi mkazi wake Maria, adanyamuka kuchokera kumtunda ndipo adayenda ulendo wopambana kwambiri. Kwa masiku anayi ulendowu unapita ngati ma clockwork, chimodzimodzi monga Duperrault anakonza.
M'masiku amenewo, Blue yacht Beauty anapita ku mbali ya kummawa kwa Bahamas, kuphunzira zisumbu zing'onozing'ono. Posakhalitsa adapeza malo otsetsereka a Sandy Point ndipo adaganiza kugwetsa nangula kuti asambe ndi kusambira. Anakonzeranso kusonkhanitsa zipolopolo zambirimbiri, ndikuyembekeza kusunga kukumbukira ulendowu.
Chakumapeto kwa kukhala kwake ku Sandy Point, Arthur Duperrault anauza komiti ya pamudzi Robert W. Pinder kuti "Ulendo uwu umangobwera kamodzi pa moyo. Tidzakabweranso tisanafike Khirisimasi. " Inde, panthawi imeneyo Arthur sanadziwe kuti zolinga zake sizidzakwaniritsidwa.
Choncho, atagwira mphepo, sitimayo inadutsa pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Sandy ndipo pa 12 November adayamba kusambira. M'mawa mtsikana Terry Joe anaganiza zopuma pantchito yake. Komabe, mchimwene wake akulira mofulumira usiku, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anazindikira kuti chinachake chalakwika.
Monga momwe Terry akunenera, zaka 50 kenako: "Ndinadzuka ndikufuula mchimwene wanga" Thandizo, bambo, chithandizo. " Ndinali kufuula koopsa kwambiri, mukazindikira kuti chinachake choopsa kwambiri chinachitika. "
Mkulu wa asilikali wazaka 44 ali ndi zaka zovuta komanso zamdima, ndipo usiku womwewo anaganiza kuti aphe mkazi wake. Chifukwa? Mary anali ndi inshuwaransi, yomwe Harvey ankafuna kuiigwiritsa ntchito atamwalira. Iye anafuna kuchotsa thupi, kumuponyera pansi, akunena pa gombe kuti Maria anatayika m'nyanja.
Chinthu chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi chakuti mu moyo wa Harvey - ichi sichinali choyamba chakumwalira mwadzidzidzi kwa akazi ake. Asanayambe ulendo umenewu, Harvey anathawa mozizwitsa kuthaŵa ngozi ya galimoto, imene mkazi wake asanu anamwalira chifukwa chake. Komanso adalandira kale inshuwalansi yopanda malire pambuyo pa boti lake ndi boti ndi akazi ake adagwa.
Koma, mwatsoka, chirichonse chinasokonekera monga Harvey anakonza. Arthur Duperrault anavulaza mwangozi kuukira kwa Maria ndipo anayesa kuloŵerera, koma kenako anaphedwa. Poyesera kubisala mlandu wake ndi kuchotsa mboni zonse, Harvey anapha mamembala onse, kusiya Terry yekhayo kukhala wamoyo m'chipinda chake.
Pamene Terry anasiya nyumbayo, adapeza mchimwene wake ndi mayi ake mu dziwe la magazi pansi pa nyumbayo. Akuganiza kuti anali atafa, anaganiza zopita kukafunsa woyang'anira zomwe zinachitika.
Komabe, Harvey anakankhira mtsikanayo pansi, ndipo Terry analibe mwayi koma kubisala m'nyumba yake mwamantha. Anavomereza kuti anakhala mnyumbamo mpaka madzi anayamba kudzaza. Pomwepo Terry adasankha kukwera pamtunda kachiwiri.
Zikuoneka kuti, Harvey anapeza ambuye (kutseka) kuti azitha kusefukira ngalawayo. Pamene Terry anaonekera pamtunda, anam'pangira chingwe womangidwa ku ngalawa yake. Zikuoneka kuti woyendetsa dzikoyu anakonza zoti amuphe.
Monga bwenzi lapamtima Terry Logan adati: "N'kutheka kuti pamene Harvey anaona Terry pabwalo, adaganiza kuti akhoza kupulumuka." Anaganiza kuti ndibwino kumupha. "Anayamba kutsogolo, akuyesa kupeza mpeni kapena chinachake choti amuphe. iye sankatha. "
Terry wamng'ono, m'malo mogwira mwamphamvu chingwe, adachiponya m'madzi. Harvey adalowa m'madzi ndikuyesera kukwera ngalawa, ndikusiya Terry yekha pa sitima yowmira. Koma zinakhala kuti mwana wamasiye si wofooka monga Harvey adaganiza poyamba.
Terry Joe adanena kuti adasuntha choyandama chaching'ono kuchokera pa sitima ndikuyendayenda pomwe "Blue Beauty" ikadutsa pansi pa madzi. Pambuyo pake, "adamenyana" ndi nyengo. Zovala pa Terry panali khungu lofewa ndi thalauza zomwe sizinapulumutse kuzizira kwa usiku. Madzulo, zinthu zinasintha kwambiri, ndipo Terri anatentha kuwala kwa dzuwa.
Atafika podutsa m'nyanjayi, Terry sanayembekezere kupulumutsidwa. Chifukwa ndizovuta kwambiri zombo kapena ndege. Tsiku lina, ndege yaing'ono inagwera Terry, koma, mwatsoka, oyendetsa ndege sanamuzindikire.
Mmodzi wa mavuto aakulu m'nyanja, Terry anamva phokoso ndipo anaona kuti pali chinachake chimene chimayambira pamwamba pa madzi. Anayendayenda ndikudandaula - awa anali nkhumba chabe.
Mwamwayi, posakhalitsa anasokonezeka ndipo zinthu zidakali zovuta pa maganizo a Terry, ndipo anayamba kuona zolinga. Monga momwe iye akunenera, iye anawona ku mbali imodzi chilumba chosiyidwa, koma akuwombera madzi kumbali yake, iye anawonekanso. Kotero sakanakhoza kukhala motalika, ndipo Posakhalitsa Terry anaiwala.
Koma chilango chinkachirikiza Terry. Sitima yowuma yachigiriki yowuma pafupi ndi Bahamas inamuwona mtsikanayo ndipo idamupulumutsa. Mtsikanayo anali pafupi kufa. Kutentha kwake kunkafika madigiri 40. Thupi lake linali lodzazidwa ndi zotentha ndipo linali lopanda madzi. Mmodzi mwa anthu ogwira ntchitoyi anatenga chithunzi cha mtsikanayo m'nyanjayi, yomwe idakantha dziko lonse lapansi.
Patatha masiku atatu Terry atapulumutsidwa, a Coast Guard anapeza Harvey, yemwe anali kuyandama m'ngalawamo ndi mtembo wa Rene. Wowonongayo adanena kuti mvula yamkuntho idayamba mwadzidzidzi ndipo botilo linagwira moto. Ananenanso kuti adayesa kuti amutsitsimutse mtsikanayo atamupeza pafupi ndi njinga yoyaka moto.
Posakhalitsa, ataganiza kuti apulumutse Terry Joe anafikira Harvey, adadzipha. Thupi lake lopanda moyo linapezeka mu chipinda cha hotelo.
Panthawiyi, Terry wamng'onoyo anapeza masiku asanu ndi awiri, ndipo apolisi adatha kulankhula ndi mtsikana wolimba mtimayo. Ndi pamene Terry adauza zomwe zinachitika usiku womwewo.
Chikumbukiro cha banja la Terry Joe sichidafalikira ku Fort Howard Memorial Park. Phaleli linati: "Pokumbukira banja la Arthur U. Duperrault, anataya m'madzi a Bahamas pa November 12, 1961. Iwo akhala akupeza moyo wosatha mu mitima ya okondedwa awo. Odala ali chiyero cha mtima, chifukwa adzawona Mulungu. "
Zomwe anganene, moyo wa Terry Joe sunathe. Anabwerera ku Green Bay ndipo amakhala ndi abambo ake ndi ana ake atatu. Kwa zaka 20 zotsatira, sanalankhulepo za zochitika za usiku womwewo.
Kenaka mu 1980 adayamba kuuza anzake apamtima choonadi. Chifukwa chaichi, amayenera kufunafuna thandizo la maganizo. Patapita nthawi, Terry anaganiza kulemba buku, kumuitana mnzake wapamtima Logan kwa olemba anzawo. Bukhu "One: Lost in the Ocean" linakhala "kuvomereza". Zinatuluka mu 2010 zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi pambuyo pa ngozi yoopsa.
N'zosadabwitsa kuti pofotokoza bukulo, Terry mwiniwake adawonekera. Anati mwezi watha analembetsa buku lake kwa anthu angapo, omwe anali aphunzitsi ake a kusukulu. "Anapepesa kuti sangandithandize, kuthandizira ndi kuyankhula. Ndiponso adavomereza kuti adalamulidwa kuti asunge chilichonse chinsinsi. Ndinaphunzira kukhala chete. "
Terry Joe lero akulongosola zomwe zinachitika: "Sindinkawopa. Ndinali panja, ndipo ndimakonda madzi. Koma chofunika koposa, ndinali ndi chikhulupiriro cholimba. Ndinapemphera kwa Mulungu kuti andithandize, choncho ndinangopita ndikutuluka. "
Lero, Terry Joe amagwira ntchito pafupi ndi madzi. Amanenanso kuti bukuli ndi zotsatira za machiritso ake. Kuwonjezera apo, akuyembekeza kuti nkhani yake idzawathandiza anthu ena kumenyana ndi zovuta m'miyoyo yawo ndipo nthawi zonse amapita patsogolo. "Nthawi zonse ndimakhulupirira kuti ndapulumutsidwa chifukwa chake," adatero poyankha. Koma zinanditengera zaka 50 kuti ndikhale wolimba mtima kuuza ena nkhani yanga, yomwe, mwina, idzapatsa chiyembekezo. "