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...Carlsen to escorting U.S. Destroyer Willard Keith: "Don't worry. Everything...
...Towline Rarts. The storm got worse. At 3 a.m., now less than 55 miles from port, Carlsen and Dancy were awakened by a blast from the Turmoil's siren. The towline had snapped. Aboard the Turmoil, an engineer heard the cable "racing [in] on us as if it was being pulled by elastic. I had to turn away, like in the movies when you don't want others to know you're crying...
...began to rise. Soon, heavy seas were crashing over the Enterprise. The Turmoil cut her speed, hove to for more than five hours, then got under way. The Flying Enterprise rolled drunkenly. A towering wave snatched the only remaining lifeboat from her davits, tumbled and smashed it to kindling. Carlsen coaxed his battery-powered radio to life...
...next day, Carlsen and Dancy fought to free the fouled tackle and rig a new line. Once, when they were on the verge of success, a great wave smashed over the ship. Carlsen was swept off his feet, skidded along the slanted deck, barely saved himself from going overboard. He and Dancy settled down to wait for a break in the weather, but within minutes the Keith's radio operator was picking up new gale warnings. Carlsen and Dancy moved higher, scrambled up to the captain's office on the starboard side. At 10 a.m. next morning...
...Keith to Carlsen: "A helicopter is standing by to take...