Chapter 9 Summary

This chapter is about a perilous rescue at sea, and the mourning of the families who lost men on the Andrea Gail.

Christina Cotter has not heard from Bobby Stratford in three days. She has a nightmare that he is dead. On October 30th, Susan Brown, wife of the owner of the Andrea Gail, tells Chris that they cannot get the Andrea Gail into radio contact. Christina goes to the Crow's Nest where two of Bobby's sisters, his mother and his brother are drinking. Everyone is getting drunk and fearing the worst for the Andrea Gail.

Bob Brown, the owner of the boat, has radioed Linda Greenlaw on the Hannah Bolen. She and her crew have survived the storm, but no one has heard from the Andrea Gail. Brown calls the Coast Guard. There have been no EPIRD signals. There are news reports...