Three Mile Harbor, 38
Tiger Shark, 77, 97, 155, 243
time window, for rescue, 95, 101–102
Tin Can Caravan, 118
toilet. See head
Tommy. See Patterson, Tommy
tourism, 115–120, 126–127
trackline-search-and-return pattern (TSR), 93–94, 105, 193
traps. See trawling
trawling
bunkers for, 43
for lobster fishing, 41–45
Magnuson Act against, 45–46
New Age for, 71–72
skates for, 43
St. Augustine trawler in, 31
Treasury Department, US, 73
TSR. See trackline-search-and-return pattern
Tuma, David, 244
Turtle Hill, 116
Two Sea Son, 244
United Food and Commercial Workers International, 124
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 22
Vigilent, Dick, 72
Viking Five Star, 244
Viking Fleet, 29–31
for Aldridge rescue, 136–137
Viking Five Star in, 244
Vincente, Tony, 224
in Aldridge rescue, 112–114, 167–168, 170–171
as musician, 133, 219
volunteers
Act One as, 243
American Pride as, 243
Bickelman as, 243
Billy the Kid as, 243
Bookie as, 153, 243
Bowers as, 244
Braddick as, 244
The Breakaway as, 243
Briand as, 244
Brooke C as, 243
Buffet as, 244
Carman as, 243
Cat in the Hat as, 244
Christman as, 244
Clover as, 244
Damm, J., as, 244
Damm, V. as, 244
Darenberg as, 244
Drago as, 244
Etzel, C., Jr. as, 244
Etzel, C., Sr. as, 244
Etzel, R., as, 243
Farnham as, 244
Forsberg, S., as, 244
Freeman as, 243
Giedratis as, 244
Hurry Up as, 244
Lady K as, 244
Last Mango as, 244
Leatherneck as, 244
Leona as, 244
Lester as, 243
Morici as, 243
New Species as, 244
Peterson as, 244
Rade, B., as, 244
Rade, R., as, 244
Reanda S as, 244
Schaffer as, 244
Skarimbas as, 244
Spong as, 243
Stavola as, 244
Steele as, 244
Tuma as, 244
Two Sea Son as, 244
Viking Five Star as, 244
Weimer, C., as, 244
Weimer, C., Jr., as, 244
See also Aldridge rescue
Walter, Jason
in Aldridge rescue, 125–126, 160–161, 164, 204–205, 210
for Coast Guard, 80–81, 125–126, 160–161, 164, 204–205, 210
Wanderlust, 37–38
Washington, George, 121
Watson, George, 131, 175–176, 224
as The Dock owner, 52, 125, 128
Weimer, Charlie, Jr., 244
Weimer, Chuck, 97n, 155–156
as volunteer, 244
welfare benefits, 35
Wilson, Woodrow, 74
winching, 43
Windblown, 71
Winters, Peter, 97–98, 100, 104–105
work ethic
of Aldridge, 26–30
of Sosinski, 26–30, 33–34
yachting, 3, 56–57
Young, Wayne, 54–55
Youtube, 229
Zapolski, Laurie
as Aldridge girlfriend, 132–134, 219–220, 224, 232
in Aldridge rescue, 132–134, 176
* Not to be confused with territorial sovereignty, now typically twelve nautical miles from shore for virtually all coastal nations. The twelve-mile mark represents an extension from the previous prevailing line of sovereignty, the three-mile mark—effectively, the length of a cannon shot, which constituted the aquatic territory a nation could reasonably defend from the shore.
* “Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996,” NOAA Fisheries, www.fisheries.noaa.gov/sfa/laws_policies/msa/sfa.html.
† Ibid.
* “Commercial Fishing Safety,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/default.html.
† Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Commercial Fishing Deaths—United States, 2000–2009,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 59, no. 27 (July 16, 2010), 842–845, www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5927.pdf.
* The USCG also maintains three foreign commands, one each in Japan and the Netherlands for inspection of ships that may operate in the U.S., and a third in Bahrain providing support to combat-ready Coast Guard troops who may be deployed to deal with national security concerns.
* Like “mayday,” a corruption of M’aidez!, the pan pan signal derives from French: panne is a breakdown or failure.
* At 10:08 a.m. a Good Samaritan private aircraft piloted by retired Army Lieutenant Colonel George Drago, active with the USCG Auxiliary, received USCG clearance to join the search, albeit at a different altitude from the fixed-wing 144 and the MH-60. Drago had been alerted to the emergency by Chuck Weimer and Bill Grimm, both captains of commercial fishing vessels, who joined him on the flight. The plane malfunctioned before reaching the search area and had to return to the Montauk airport.
* Caitlin Keating, “Keeping Montauk Mellow,” New York Times, New York edition, August 25, 2016.
* David E. Rattray, “How Many Are Here? No One Knows,” Easthampton Star, August 6, 2015, http://easthamptonstar.com/Living/2015806/How-Many-Are-Here-No-One-Knows.
* Caitlin Keating, “A Guide to Your Summer in the Hamptons,” New York Times, May 25, 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/fashion/summer-party-eat-hamptons.html.
* PBS, Leisurama, 2005.
* John and Adeline Aldridge remember receiving those hourly calls—and remain grateful for them.
* As it turned out, neither cutter ever got to the search zone—the Sailfish was delayed for refueling while the Tiger Shark had an antenna problem and had to head back to port. Thankfully neither cutter was needed.
* “Commercial Fishing Safety: Falls Overboard,” National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/fallsoverboard.html.
* How much was it? The USCG calculates standard hourly rates for inside-government operating costs for assets used in a SAR mission; total inside costs include direct costs, support costs, and general and administrative costs. Adding up just the direct costs for the physical assets deployed by the Coast Guard—one motor lifeboat, one small response boat, one helicopter, one fixed-wing aircraft, and two cutters—yields an hourly cost of $28,662 for the John Aldridge SAR. For an eight-and-a-half-hour search, the total would be in excess of $240,000. That does not, of course, include the costs for such support and administrative resources as personnel, use of the NOAA satellite, and administrative functions from the National Command Center on down, expended to find and rescue Johnny Aldridge.
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