Wreck of the Carl D.

<p>On November 18 1958 a 623-foot limestone carrier--caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history--broke in two and sank in less than five minutes. Four of the 35-person crew escaped to a small raft to which they clung in total darkness braving 30-foot waves and frigid temperatures. As the storm raged on a search-and-rescue mission hunted for survivors while the frantic citizens of nearby Rogers City Michigan the hardscrabble town that was home to 26 members of the <i>Carl D. Bradley</i>'s crew anxiously awaited word of their loved ones' fates. In <i>Wreck of the </i>Carl D<i>. </i> Michael Schumacher reconstructs the terrible accident perilous search and chilling aftermath for the small Michigan town so intimately affected by the tragedy.</p>