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...villagers were killed and injured by the quake. Dozens, if not hundreds, of people lay dying, and for many residents, the closest medical attention meant carrying the injured for nine hours along trails that thread down a rocky cliff face to the Indus, where they might hail a passing boat. The tribes also needed blankets and tents. With their plight desperate, tribal elders sent word that they badly needed help...
...chugged up the blue-green Indus in an armada of gaily-painted boats, each powered by belching tractor engines. Mueenuddin stood in the prow of his boat like a wavy-haired admiral. Occasionally he consulted his laptop; the Kala Dhaka elders huddled around in awe as though it were a glowing magic tablet. To Mueenuddin, this was "Operation Congo" because, he said, "We're going into the heart of darkness...
Despite the humor in Fingleton’s tone, it’s clear that there was much more at stake for him in those first few grades than there is for the average Harvardian. “I thought it would be so embarrassing to step off the boat back in Australia and say it didn’t work. How could I face all my friends with my tail between my legs...
...Regatta might be the most famous of fall rowing events, but the Harvard oarsmen did not let that distinction get in the way of their having a good time this weekend.The heavyweight varsity four—Harvard’s strongest entry in the regatta—carried their boat down to the Newell Boathouse dock wearing full pirate costumes, replete with eye patches for each of the oarsmen, gold hoop earrings, and black and red bandannas. “It’s Head of the Charles—it?...
That's what first attracted Milam, the Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Alaska, to the Coast Guard. Before he joined, Milam was in the Navy. One day he and a friend took a small boat out into the ocean off San Diego. A wave flipped the boat, and it was the Coast Guard that came to rescue them. "I'm looking at the guy sitting in the door of the helicopter and I am thinking, man, what a cool job! I want that guy's job!" After 13 years, Milam has it, and he is still a true believer...