"Downdraft caused ship to capsize; 64 spent nearly two days adrift in life rafts" by Bradley Brooks, Associated Press | February 21, 2010
RIO DE JANEIRO - A sudden, vertical blast of wind knocked the three-masted SV Concordia onto its side in 15 seconds, forcing the captain, crew, and four dozen students to abandon ship and ride out heavy seas for nearly two days before their rescue off Brazil’s coast, the survivors said yesterday....
The Concordia was on a five-month voyage that allows students in their last two years of high school and first year of college to study while sailing around the world. Forty-two of the students were from Canada, while others came from the United States Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Europe, and the West Indies, said Kate Knight, head of West Island College International of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, which operates the Class Afloat program....
Now I understand why it made my newspaper. Didn't really have anything to do with Brazil of Brazilians, but then again, why would it? The Globe serves a specific group and select elite because those are the only people reading them -- and their sales figures and advertising revenues show it.
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