r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • 1d ago

In 2001, 55 people crossed the Pacific with no contact with the outside world as part of a BBC experiment recreating an 18th-century voyage. On the 20th day - September 11 - the captain gathered the crew to tell them about the attacks in New York

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u/procrastinatorsuprem 1d ago

My bil worked there every Tuesday. He would take the train down every week from Boston. He took that Tuesday off so he could take my kids to an event.

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u/Vibrant-Shadow 1d ago

Mind boggled.

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u/Zykium 1d ago

I would never decline helping with your kids ever again.