Ngowe-1961 iqela labantu labhukuda emanzini eBahamas xa abasebenzi bebona into emangalisayo emanzini. Yayiyintombazana encinci, kufuphi nokufa, eyayihamba kwi-float encinci.
Ngoko umntwana ogama lakhe linguTerry Joe Duperrault wehla njani emanzini ase-Atlantic Ocean? Ibali lakhe litshitshise kwaye litshitshise ngokulinganayo.
Uhambo lukaTerry Joe kule nxalenye yeplanethi yayilungiselelwe ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba iziganeko eziyikrakra kwaye zibe zibalulekileyo ebomini babo bonke amalungu kulentsapho. Uyise kaTerry uArthur Duperrault, oneminyaka engama-41 ubudala ophthalmologist kunye nomfazi wakhe oneminyaka engama-38 ubudala, uJean, wachitha ixesha elide kulolu hambo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, abazali bafuna ukuzisa abantwana babo abathathu: UBrian oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala, oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala uTerry kunye no-René oneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, ehamba ngendlela engalilibalekiyo yokuba baya kukhumbula ubomi babo bonke. Baqeshisa iinqanawa ezinkulu zokuhamba ngomkhumbi "uBlue Beauty" baza bafunda iBahamas.
NgoNovemba 8, 1961 yonke intsapho, eholwa nguKaputeni uJulian Harvey kunye nomkakhe, uMary, bahamba ngomkhumbi basuka emanxwemeni baza bahamba ngendlela emangalisayo. Kwiintsuku ezine uhambo lwahamba njengama-clockwork, njengoko iDuperrault ihleli.
Ngaloo mihla iBauty Beauty yeBlue Beauty yaya empuma yeBahamas, ifunda iziqithi ezincinci. Kungekudala bafumanisa ulwandle lwaseSandy Point kwaye banquma ukuhlamba ihange ukuze badonse baze badibe. Baye bacwangcisa ukuqokelela inani elikhulu leebhokhwe ezimibalabala, benethemba lokugcina imemori yalolu hambo.
Ngasekupheleni kokuhlala kwakhe eSandy Point, uArthur Duperrault watshela umkomishinala wasekuhlaleni uRobert W. Pinder ukuba "Olu hambo luya kwenzeka kanye kuphela ngexesha lokuphila. Ngokuqinisekileyo siya kubuya ngaphambi kweKrisimesi. " Ewe, ngaloo mzuzu uArthur wayengazi ukuba izicwangciso zakhe aziyi kuzaliseka.
Ngoko, ekubanjeni umoya, i-yacht yahamba ngomda waseSandy Point kwaye ngoNovemba 12 yahamba ibhukuda. Ngentsasa intombazana uTerry Joe yanquma ukuhlala ekhaya. Nangona kunjalo, umntakwabo wamemeza ngokukhawuleza ebusuku, kwaye ngaloo nto waqonda ukuba into ayiphumelekanga.
Njengoko uTerry athi, iminyaka engama-50 kamva: "Ndaphakamka kumntakwabo wamemeza esithi" Uncedo, Tata, uncede. " Kwakunjalo ukukrakra okukrakra, xa uqaphela ukuba into enyantyikisayo yenzeke. "
Kuye kwenzeka ukuba umphathi-mkhosi wama-44 oneminyaka engama-44 wayenomsebenzi obunzima kunye nobumnyama, kwaye kwakukho ngobusuku obubi kangangokuthi wanquma ukubulala umfazi wakhe. Isizathu? UMary wayenomshuwalense, oko uHarvey ayefuna ukuyisebenzisa emva kokufa kwakhe. Wayefuna ukuwukrazula umzimba, ukuphosa ngapha nangapha, esithi ngaselunxwemeni ukuba uMariya wayelahlekile elwandle.
Into ebangel 'umdla kukuba ebomini bukaHarvey - oku akuzange kube yimeko yokuqala yokuphazamiseka ngokukhawuleza kwabafazi bakhe. Ngaphambi kolu hambo, uHarvey wayephephe ngokumangalisayo ukubaleka kwingozi yemoto, apho omnye wabafazi bakhe abahlanu bafa ngenxa yesizathu esithile. Kwaye sele sele efumene iintlawulo ze-inshorensi ezingabalulekanga emva kokuba isikhephe kunye nesinqanawa kunye nabafazi bakhe begubungele.
Kodwa, ngelishwa, yonke into ayiphumelekanga njengoko uHarvey ecwangcisiweyo. UArthur Duperrault wengozi wabona ukuhlaselwa kukaMary waza wazama ukungenelela, kodwa ekugqibeleni wabulawa. Xa ezama ukufihla ubugebengu bakhe kwaye alahlekise onke amangqina, uHarvey wabulala onke amalungu omndeni, eshiya kuphela uTerry ohlala esecaleni lakhe.
Xa uTerry eshiya i-cabin, wamfumana umntakwabo nomama egazini legazi phantsi komgangatho wecala. Ngokucinga ukuba befile, wagqiba kwelokuba aye ku-askari ukuba acele umphathi ukuba kwenzeke ntoni.
Nangona kunjalo, uHarvey wamgxotha intombazana, kwaye uTerry wayengenakukhetha kodwa ukufihla ekhayeni lakhe ngenxa yokwesaba. Wavuma ukuba wahlala kwikhishi kwaze kwafika amanzi azalise. Ngaloo nto uTerry wenza isigqibo sokunyuka kwidonki kwakhona.
Kubonakala ukuba, uHarvey wafumanisa ama-kingstones (ukuvalwa) ukwenzela ukukhukula i-yacht. Xa uTerry evele emkhombeni, wamnika intambo eboshwe kwisikhephe sakhe. Ngokuqinisekileyo, umthetheli wayeceba ukumbulala intombazana.
Njengomhlobo osondeleyo uTerry Logan wathi: "Uninzi xa uHarvey ebona uTerry emkhombeni, wacinga ukuba unokusinda." Wagqiba ekubeni kulungile ukumbulala. "Waqala phambili, ezama ukufumana isela okanye into yokubulala intombazana. wayengenakufikelela. "
Little Terry, esikhundleni sokubamba ngokuqinile intambo, waphonsa emanzini. UHarvey wangena emanzini, ezama ukufumana isikhephe, eshiya uTerry yedwa kwinqanawa edilikayo. Kodwa kwavela ukuba umntwana oyintandane akabuthathaka njengoHarvey wagqiba kweyokuqala.
UTerry Joe uthe uguqulule i-float encinci kwi-yacht kwaye waguqa kuwo ngokukhawuleza xa "uBlue Beauty" yahamba phantsi kwamanzi. Emva koko, "walwa" nemozulu. Iingubo kwiTerry kwakukho i-blouse elula kunye neebhulukhwe ezingasindanga ebusweni bukabusuku. Ngemva kwemini, imeko yatshintsha kakhulu, kwaye uTerri watshisa imisebe ebushushu yelanga.
Ukuhlaselwa yedwa ngaselwandle lolwandle, uTerry akazange alindele ukugcinwa. Kungenxa yokuba kungabonakali kakhulu kwiinqanawa okanye kwiindiza. Ngelinye ilanga, nangona kunjalo, inqwelo encinci yawela phezu kweTerry, kodwa, ngelishwa, abaqhubi beemoto abazange bambone.
Ngenye yeentsuku ezininzi zentlekele elwandle, uTerry weva isandi kwaye wabona phawula kuye into ekhupha phezulu emanzini. Wayehamba ngokukrakra waza wagubha - ezi ziihagu zeginea.
Ngelishwa, ngokukhawuleza ukugqithisa kunye neemeko ezinzima zithintela ingqondo kaTerry, kwaye waqala ukubona ukucoca. Njengoko yena ngokwakhe athi, wabona kwelinye icala isiqithi esinqatyisiweyo, kodwa esitshatsha amanzi ngendlela yakhe, waphahlaka. Ngoko akakwazanga ukuhlala ixesha elide, kwaye kungekudala uTerry ukhohliwe.
Kodwa isithuba sasixhasa uTerry. Inqanawa yaseGrike eyomileyo eyayidlula kufuphi neBahamas yabona intombazana leyo yamsindisa. Intombazana yayisondele ekufeni. Ubushushu balo bufikelela kuma-40 degrees. Umzimba wakhe wawugubungele ukutshisa kwaye wawunamanzi. Omnye wabasebenzi basebenzela umfanekiso we ntombazana elwandle oluvulekileyo, owalitshitshisa lonke ihlabathi.
Kwiintsuku ezintathu emva kokuhlangulwa kukaTerry, uMgcini weNxweme wathola uHarvey, owayesentantantwini e-Rene. Umbulali wathi isiqhwithi saqala ngokukhawuleza kwaye isikebhe sabamba umlilo. Wathetha nokuba akazange azame ukuvuselela intombazana emva kokumfumana ecaleni kwinqwelo yokutshisa.
Kungekudala, emva kwengcinga yokulondoloza uTerry Joe wafika eHarvey, wazibulala. Umzimba wakhe ongenampilo wafunyanwa kwigumbi lehotele.
Okwangoku, uTerry omncinci wafumana emva kweentsuku ezisixhenxe, kwaye amapolisa akwazi ukuthetha nentombazana enesibindi. Kwaye ngoko uTerry watshela iziganeko zobusuku obubi.
Inkumbulo yentsapho kaTerry Joe yayingenakufa kwi-Fort Howard Memorial Park. Ithebhulethi ithi: "Inkumbulo yentsapho kaArthur U. Duperrault, yalahleka emanzini aseBahamas ngoNovemba 12, 1961. Baye bafumana ubomi obungunaphakade kwiintliziyo zabathandekayo babo. Ubusisiwe ukuhlambuluka kwentliziyo, kuba baya kubona uThixo. "
Nantoni na into ongayithethayo, ubomi bukaTerry Joe abuzange buphele. Wabuyela eGreen Bay waza wahlala kunye nonina kunye nabantwana bakhe abathathu. Kwiminyaka engama-20 ezayo, akazange akhulume ngeziganeko zobusuku obubi.
Emva koko ngo-1980 waqala ukuxelela inyaniso kubahlobo bakhe abasondeleyo. Ngenxa yoko, kwafuneka afune uncedo lwengqondo. Kamva, uTerry wenza isigqibo sokuba abhale incwadi, emema umngane wakhe osondeleyo uLogan kubabhali ababambisene nabo. Incwadi ethi "Enye: Elahlekile kwi-Ocean" yaba "uhlobo lokuvuma". Kwaphuma ngo-2010 isigqibo senkulungwane emva kweengozi embi.
Kuyamangalisa ukuba ngexesha lokunikezelwa kwencwadi, uTerry ngokwakhe wabonakala. Wathi ngenyanga yokugqibela watyikitya incwadi yakhe kubantu abaninzi, phakathi kwabo babe ngabafundisi bakhe besikolo. "Baxolisa ukuba babengenako ukunceda, ukuxhasa nokuthetha. Kwaye bavuma ukuba balelwe ukuba bahlale beyimfihlo. Ndafunda ukuhlala ngithule. "
UTerry Joe namhlanje uchaza isiganeko esithi: "Andizange ndisoyika. Ndandisemoyeni, kwaye ndandithanda ngamanzi. Kodwa ebaluleke kakhulu, ndandinokholo olomeleleyo. Ndathandaza kuThixo ukuba andincede, ngoko ndanduluka ngokuhamba. "
Namhlanje, uTerry Joe usebenza kufuphi namanzi. Kwakhona uthi le ncwadi yayiyimiphumo yokuphilisa kwakhe. Ukongezelela, unethemba lokuba ibali lakhe liya kunceda abanye abantu balwe neentlekele ebomini babo kwaye baqhubeke behamba phambili. "Ndandisoloko ndikholelwa ukuba ndasindiswa ngesizathu," wathetha ngodliwano-ndlebe. Kodwa kwandithatha iminyaka engama-50 ukuba ndibe nesibindi sokuxelela abanye ibali lam, mhlawumbi, liza kunika ithemba. "