Missing Kayaker in Malibu

Originally Posted by Jim Day

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I was talking to a buddy about this today. My take I'm not afraid of dying out there as long as it's fast, but the idea of floating around for several days in frigid water fending off curious blue sharks does make me pretty uncomfortable.

Jim

The USS Indianapolis story scares the hell of out of me

In the early morning hours of July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, just 4 days after it delivered the first combat-ready atomic bomb to the US air base at Tinian Island in the Pacific, was fatally struck by torpedoes from Japanese subs. Within minutes, some 900 of the 1,196 men on board were in the shark infested waters, equipped only with life jackets. Few life rafts were deployed.

The shark attacks began with the rising sun that morning and continued until the remaining men were rescued just over 4 days later. Of the initial 900 or so men that went into the water, only 317 survived, making it the worst maritime disaster in U.S. Navy history.