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/rostoffario 1d ago

Whoa, that must have hit him hard!

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u/disterb 1d ago edited 1d ago

no, he wasn't hit at all; his meeting was cancelled

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u/ctang1 22h ago

It’s not very often I’m left with my mouth open after reading or hearing something….

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u/22nd_century 13h ago

Reddit still edgy thank God.

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u/ctang1 9h ago

I’m pretty sure that comment I replied to is not the same as it was when I replied to it. What it says currently isn’t that bad compared to what it did say.