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...more than three days, the North Atlantic seemed to give up to Captain Kurt Carlsen and his crippled Flying Enterprise. The British tug Turmoil plowed homeward through a placid sea, her five-inch steel towline dragging the wallowing Flying Enterprise. Aboard the listing Isbrandtsen freighter, Carlsen and Mate Kenneth Dancy of the Turmoil settled down for the trip into Falmouth. People all over the world read the headlines, and hoped...
However, one freshman felt that Carlsen "represents the symbol of a rising Americanism. I suppose that's nationalism," he said, "but that's what I stand...
...very much surprised at all the commotion about Captain Carlsen. It was his duty to stay with his ship and he did it. Is it so rare nowadays that a man do his duty that he should be treated as a hero in acknowledgement? Acts of heroism happen every day on a much higher level where men risk their lives to save others and remain for the most part unknown. After all, Captain Carlsen only tried to save a ship and the few hundred thousand dollars worth of cargo it was carrying. And I fail to see what else...
...over the world a kind of cheer went up in millions of hearts at Carlsen's stubborn, valiant pride in his ship and his calling. Said his wife, waiting fearfully in their house in Woodbridge, NJ.: "You can't do anything with him ... we are praying...
...master of the transport Greely, eyeing the Flying Enterprise through flying spume, was appalled, even though four of her five holds were still tight. "I believed that what watertight integrity she possessed would collapse," he said, "sinking her immediately." The vessel's owners urged Carlsen by radio against "further risking your life." When the message was relayed, a new storm was smashing the ship, but he replied: "I am remaining till vessel saved or sunk...