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"Wait, let me get pen and paper," Terry says. For the next ten minutes, as Jackie shouts out information over the rushing wind, he takes notes. Then you and Terry go into the cabin, and sit down at the radio with the notepad. "Okay," he says. "Let's review. The Canary left Buenos Aires about ten days ago, fully stocked with fresh water and food." "And everyone seemed well at that time," you say. "But Brendan, the helmsman, fell ill at the end of the second day," Terry reads. "He says he suddenly got the chills and muscle aches. |
"Jackie says his fever was 39 Celsius." He does some math in his head. "That's 102-103 Fahrenheit." "He was sick until day 7," you say. "But he got better and says he feels fine now." "Kerry got sick on day 6," Terry goes on, "and so did Alistair, although he didn't report it at first. Kerry said it hit her like a freight train, with chills, fever, runny nose, muscle ache and headache. Her temperature was 40 Celsius - that's 104 Fahrenheit. Alistair said he first got the feeling he was coming down with something..." "...and then over the next days he just started
feeling worse and worse. Fever, chills, muscle ache, and then, beginning
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