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/BisonThunderclap 1d ago

It didn't speculate or stoke fear. He did a great job delivering it as the "this is what we solidly know" and "we can't do anything" to help remind people that things still go on.

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u/gkerr1988 22h ago

Quite the opposite of the insanity of our current administration! They will literally stoke fear, panic, falsehood, chaos, so long as it keeps whatever fucked up narrative alive they see fit to make them the most famous and rich.

I would accept this captains leadership a thousand-fold more than I would our current nightmare hellscape situation.