The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensu
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Recounts the daring mission by the Coast Guard to rescue the crew of a replica of the HMS Bounty that tried to outrun superstorm Sandy in October 2012 but failed, capsizing in an area known as the Gra
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