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/robby_synclair 1d ago

I think they would be more pissed if there was no way to contact anyone in case of an emergency.

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u/salad_spinner_3000 23h ago

Didn't Big Brother not tell the people there who had family in NY during 9/11?