Rescue at Sea

Name: Rescue at Sea
Released: 1999-02-15
Duration: 55 min
Cast: David McCullough, Matthew Broderick, Stephanie Castellarin, Paul Guilfoyle, John Maxtone-Graham

S11 E5 February 15, 1999 0h 55m

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Overview

On January 23, 1909, two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York City, the other, American tourists to Europe -- collided in dense fog off Nantucket Island. In a moment, more than 1,500 lives became dependent on a new technology, wireless telegraphy, and on Jack Binns, a twenty-six-year-old wireless operator on board one of the ships. A story of courage, luck, and heroism at sea.