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Against The Odds

Wondery

Cassie De Pecol, History, Society & Culture, Dolby, Mike Corey, Dolby Atmos, Atmos

4.7 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Aboard the Phoenix, the boat carrying many of the survivors back to the mainland, passengers tend to the wounded, who are suffering now from shock in the wake of their terrible burns. Back on White Island, Mark Law and his colleagues come face to face with the awful impact of the eruption. With limited space on their helicopters, they're confronted with a dilemma -- who to evacuate, and who to leave behind.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Against the Odds early and ad-free right now.
0:05.6	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:09.8	A listener note, Against the Odds uses dramatizations that are based on true events.
0:15.6	Some elements including dialogue may be invented, but everything is based on research. This episode contains
0:23.1	graphic imagery that some listeners may find disturbing. Please be advised.
0:43.3	19-year-old Jesse Langford stumbles down the hillside of White Island toward the water, or where he thinks the water is.
0:46.3	He can't see much.
0:48.3	Ash still floats around him, and clouds of steam waft past.
0:53.3	A few minutes ago, he finally managed to get onto his feet.
0:58.2	He had been with half a dozen others, including his parents,
1:01.7	further up near the acid lake.
1:03.9	After the eruption subsided, he sat on the ground rocking back and forth,
1:08.8	as one by one, the people around him went from screaming
1:13.0	to whimpering to silent. After about 30 minutes, with no sound of rescue helicopters, he knew
1:21.4	he had to find help. His skin, what's left of it, is burnt and blistered.
1:28.3	His legs feel heavy, and he's struggling to breathe, but he knows he must keep going.
1:35.3	He passes by a few bodies on the ground, covered in ash.
1:39.3	They're not moving.
1:41.3	Could one of them be his sister, Winona? He keeps staggering down until he comes
1:48.0	to a stream. He wonders if it's the same stream Hayden, the guide, pointed out to them, the one that
1:54.6	tasted like blood. He hopes it is, because that means he's headed in the right direction.
2:03.0	He needs to get to the jetty.
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