Dimensions
83 x 171 x 19mm
The Skill and Courage of the Elite 106th Rescue Wing - a True Story of Life, Death and Rescue at Sea.
In December 1994, two gargantuan rogue waves struck the "Salvador Allende", knocking down the 450-foot cargo ship in the mid-Atlantic. In the darkness and howling winds, in the midst of a horrific, impenetrable storm, the terrified survivors clung to their lives by the thinnest of threads - out of contact and out of reach of any ship afloat.
A thousand miles away, one of the world's most elite rescue teams scrambled into action . . .
'Pararescue' is the gripping and unforgettable true adventure of an astonishing rescue at sea - a tale of the unparalleled courage and skill of men who endured a record-breaking fifteen-hour, non-stop helicopter ride through bone-jarring turbulence to carry out a mission on the ragged edge of impossibility.
It is the story of a unit of the New York Air National Guard, the 106th Rescue Wing, which includes the famed PJs, the Pararescuemen, whose training is so rigorous and standards so high that only a dedicated handful qualify to join; heroes without peer who were willing to brave a maelstrom of forty-foot waves and schools of killer sharks, to risk their own lives "so that others may live".
Includes 16 pages of authentic photographs.
