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WEINSTEIN BOOKS PRESENT…
A Speck in the Sea:
A Story of Survival and Rescue
RIVETING GUEST AUTHORS: John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski are authors’ of A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue.
‘A Speck in the Sea’ tells tale of boyhood pals’ brush with death on Long Island fishing excursion…
“After more than 10 hours in the frigid ocean 40 miles south of Montauk Point, John Aldridge didn’t know if there was any fight left in him.
It was at that moment when the cruel sea taunted him with salvation — only to snatch it away. No more than 400 yards away he spied the Anna Mary, his lobster boat, the one he’d tumbled overboard from in the wee hours of the night.
His crewmate Mike Migliaccio stood on the roof, binoculars plastered to his face, desperately scanning the sea. Migliaccio was a man possessed. He knew Aldridge’s time was running out.
How was it possible Mike didn’t see him? Aldridge had spent all his energy affixing himself to a colorful buoy. But the ocean’s glare hid Aldridge from sight and the Anna Mary steamed away.
“A Speck in the Sea” is the personally narrated account of Aldridge and his partner Anthony Sosinski about July 24, 2013, a day the unthinkable happened.
The pair were boyhood friends and dedicated lobstermen who teamed up to buy the Anna Mary in 2001. Both knew men who’d gone out to sea and never returned.
The new book is also the gripping tale of a massive and dramatic rescue operation mounted not just by the U.S. Coast Guard, but Aldridge’s fellow fisherman. They swarmed the sea in an against-the-odds search for one of their own taken hostage by the ocean.
It was around 3 a.m. that Aldridge, 45, decided to tend to a maintenance task on deck. Two commercial-sized coolers loaded with ice were in his way.
Attaching a plastic handle and using a long-handled hook, he squatted low to put all his weight into yanking the heavy load a few feet forward.
It was on the second pull that the plastic handle broke. Aldridge went flying backwards toward the open hatch, and momentum plunged him into the deep.”
READ: nydailynews.com/new-york/lobster-fishing-trip-turns-brush-death-friends-article-1.3181590
PLUG BOOK: amazon.com/Speck-Sea-Story-Survival-Rescue/dp/1602863288/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496285704&sr=8-1&keywords=a+speck+in+the+sea
BIOS: John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski co-own and operate the Anna Mary, a lobster boat, in the open ocean surrounding Montauk. Best friends for decades, Aldridge and Sosinski are seasoned sailors and fishermen.
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“A Speck in the Sea is a terrific read–harrowing and inspiring at the same time. In the end it’s a moving testament both to our individual will to survive and to our collective will to come to the aid of others in distress. I couldn’t put it down.”
―Daniel James Brown
“Sometimes being a hero means just hanging on and having faith–which is exactly what John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski did on July 24, 2013. This is an amazing tale of survival, family, community, and friendship from two true American originals.”
―Paul Tough
“A robust portrait of working-class Montauk, the Long Island community…the authors offer a richly detailed but not overburdened view of how sea rescue operations are mounted and conducted… A capable and readable book, though the story is likely to draw its true audience by way of the forthcoming movie it ties into.”
―Kirkus Review
“This absolutely riveting book follows the increasingly desperate (and, at times, disorganized) rescue efforts as well as Aldridge’s own odyssey (How does a man facing near-certain death keep himself believing he might survive?). A movie is already in the works, but don’t wait for it-the book is as captivating as any film might be.”
―Booklist
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