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April 2018 Issue

“The Clock Is Ticking”: Inside the Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades


A recording salvaged from three miles deep tells the story of the doomed “El Faro,” a cargo ship engulfed by a hurricane.
The search lasted for seven days and covered more than 180000 square miles of ocean.
The search lasted for seven days and covered more than 180,000 square miles of ocean.Illustration by Yuko Shimizu.

I. “The Clock Is Ticking”

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