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If you watched The Ship the past few nights on the History Channel you were treated to some terrific television with some oddly painful moments. First, it turned out that they were out at sea on September 11th, 2001, so were informed by the Captain of what had happened. You could see how disorienting it was to be in the middle of the Pacific on an 18th Century sailing vessel and have the ugly 21st Century intrude. One of the most likable members of the crew throughout was a British seaman named Mickey, a big old knucklehead of a guy. The day before he'd told the interviewer how he wouldn't have wanted to be an 18th Century sailor, but after the news was delivered he found them and said he'd changed his mind.
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 17, 2002 10:31 PM