The Boat
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| Originally published | May 13, 2008 |
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| Authors | Nam Le |
| Publishers | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Page count | 228 |
| Genres | Short Story |
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| ID | 2914024 |
About The Boat
The Boat is a collection of short stories by the Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le, published in 2008. It contains seven short stories taking place all over the world, from Colombia and the United States to Vietnam, Tehran, Australia and Hiroshima.
Two migrants die crossing Channel in small boat
... The Boat was spotted getting into difficulty, with several people in the water, less than a mile from the French coast early on Wednesday afternoon...
'Remarkable' Titanic menu sells for £84,000 at Wiltshire auction
... More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 April 1912, causing The Boat to sink...
Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
... It said that might have contributed to the wrong assumption that people on board The Boat had been rescued by the Border Force...
Levi Davis: Missing rugby player's family say they live in hope
... A search was started but was later called off when no-one from The Boat was found to be missing...
Brixton village: How the 'Oxford Street of South London' evolved
... According to the National Archives, there were 1,027 people on board The Boat, and more than 800 of them gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean...
Nyad: Netflix film follows swimmer who braved sharks and jellyfish
... Sharks, for example, are deterred thanks to a piercing audio signal being sent from The Boat...
River Danube: Ukrainian captain jailed after fatal river tour boat crash
... Seven of the 35 people on board were rescued and several bodies quickly recovered, but others were swept away in the swollen river or trapped inside The Boat...
World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore
... Park The Boat off Singapore, then paddle into Keppel Harbour in collapsible canoes under cover of darkness...
Breydon Water: Norfolk lifeboat crews rescue 18 people and three pets
The coastguard has rescued 18 people who were stranded overnight, including a baby, two dogs and a rabbit.
The Mission , on Breydon Water in Norfolk, took place after two cruisers ran aground in Low Tide . It involved two lifeboats and a helicopter.
Eleven people were winched by the helicopter, while the rest of The Group - including The Animals - were taken off The Other cruiser by boat.
Low tides meant they all had to spend The Night on the water.
According to Great Yarmouth and Gorleston RNLI, and the Hemsby lifeboat, The Alarm was raised on Saturday Afternoon .
Both cruisers had become stuck on the mudflats on The River Yare due to an ebbing tide.
Local marine engineers notified the coastguard after trying to reach the occupants of the hire boats.
The Low Tide meant a rescue of the holiday-makers was not immediately possible, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston RNLI service said. The Mission began at 04:50 GMT on Sunday.
Hemsby lifeboat service used its flat-bottomed vessel, used to navigate shallow waters of the Norfolk broads, to carry out a rescue of six people.
Three men and Three Women , one of whom was pregnant, a six-month old baby as well as The Animals , were taken off one stricken cruiser.
Coxswain Daniel Hurd said the cruiser's engine had broken and The Boat was listing (leaning), meaning " those on board were in some danger".
" I'd say they were extremely lucky, " said Mr Hurd, when asked about The Level of danger they were in.
The Group , from Hastings in Sussex, were taken to a nearby yacht station. They had been on a weekend Break In Norfolk.
A rescue helicopter was despatched by Humber Coastguard after it became clear crews would be unable to reach the 11 people stranded aboard The Second cruiser, due to the tides.
People were winched two at a time and taken in groups of six and five to a nearby rugby field.
Hemsby Lifeboat remained in the area on standby in order to keep the waterway clear while the helicopter winch took place.
No-one needed hospital treatment, the lifeboat services said.
Source of news: bbc.com
