Word: jerricans
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...Thanh Quang appeared in front of the Dieu De Pagoda in South Viet Nam's ancient capital of Hue. Removing her wooden-soled sandals, she sat down on the cement. While a Buddhist photographer took pictures, fellow Buddhists reverently emptied the contents of an American five-gallon jerrican of gasoline over her. She struck a safety match, and flames roared 20 feet into the air, until only her two out stretched hands were visible...
...failed, Michael Rockefeller decided to swim for shore himself. Wassing argued that the tide was against him, that they were three miles from shore. But, said Wassing, "Rockefeller's restless nature made it impossible to endure our drifting around." Mike stripped to his shorts, tied a red jerrican and the out-board's gas tank together for a buoy, and set out. Eight hours later Wassing was spotted 22 miles at sea by a Dutch patrol boat...
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