Sebastian Junger
1999-10
October, 1991. It was "the perfect storm"--A tempest that may happen only once a century--a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards the storm's hellish center
Junger's narrative prowess is on full display in this recounting of a calamitous tempest that befell a fleet of sword fishermen. The account is gripping, underscored by meticulous attention to the mechanics of weather systems and the valor of men confronting the elemental fury of nature. It resonates with my own experiences of unpredictability in aviation and the valor required to navigate such challenges.
