Encore: USS Indianapolis: Disaster at Sea I Troubled Waters | 2
Against The Odds
Wondery
4.7 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The nine hundred men who survived the torpedo attack on the U.S.S. Indianapolis are either drifting in the sea, fighting strong currents and swells, or clinging to rafts. They’re at the mercy of the ocean, hundreds of miles from land, with dwindling supplies and no drinking water. And soon, they’ll have to confront a terrifying new challenge – shark attacks.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to Against the Odds early in ad free right now. |
| 0:05.0 | Join Wunderry Plus in the Wunderry App or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | This series originally aired in 2022. |
| 0:13.0 | This episode of Against the Odds contains depictions of violence. |
| 0:17.0 | Please be advised. Lieutenant Commander Louis Haynes stumbles through the officer's wardrobe of |
| 0:37.0 | U.S.S. Indianapolis looking for a way out. |
| 0:40.9 | The air is so thick with smoke you can barely see, let alone breathe. |
| 0:45.0 | His lungs are burning. He knows he needs to get outside, to the main deck just a few feet above him. |
| 0:52.0 | Down here below deck it seems like everything is on |
| 0:56.2 | fire. Only minutes ago Haines was in his quarters when he was awoken by two large |
| 1:02.2 | explosions. |
| 1:03.0 | He escaped his room and dodged fires to get here, |
| 1:06.0 | to the ward room, where he knows there's a ladder that leads topside. |
| 1:10.0 | But he's disorient, dizzy from smoke inhalation. |
| 1:14.0 | He can't find it. |
| 1:16.0 | He feels his way along a bulkhead and comes to a small round opening, |
| 1:21.0 | a porthole. |
| 1:22.0 | He sticks his head through it and takes a deep gulp of fresh air. |
| 1:26.8 | And now, for the first time, he's able to see Indy's exterior. He looks down and sees a huge hole in the side of the ship. |
| 1:36.1 | Debris pours out, mixed with a black liquid that he thinks must be the oil from the ship's |
| 1:41.6 | engines. Something wet smacks in the side of the head, a rope. |
| 1:47.4 | Haines realizes he can use it to pull himself up to the main deck. He grabs it and |
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