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Another RL 'Titanic' Story
Apr. 25th, 2012 08:34 amRichard Williams' lost Titanic tale of heroism and humility
PUBLISHED Sunday, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:39 am EDT
--David Whitley
Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2012-04-15/richard-williams-tennis-titanic-100th-anniversary?fb_ref=story-2284828&fb_source=profile_oneline#ixzz1t3fGnuZ3
Imagine one of the world’s best tennis players getting caught in one of history’s great disasters. Think it would be big news?
It wasn’t 100 years ago Sunday morning. That’s when Richard Williams clung to a lifeboat in the dark waters of the North Atlantic.
People were dying all around him. His legs were literally freezing to death.
Two years later, Williams was crowned the best tennis player in America.
Researchers have excavated a century’s worth of first-class stories about the night the Titanic hit the iceberg. The one about a 21-year-old in a raccoon coat pretty much got lost in steerage.
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PUBLISHED Sunday, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:39 am EDT
--David Whitley
Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2012-04-15/richard-williams-tennis-titanic-100th-anniversary?fb_ref=story-2284828&fb_source=profile_oneline#ixzz1t3fGnuZ3
Imagine one of the world’s best tennis players getting caught in one of history’s great disasters. Think it would be big news?
It wasn’t 100 years ago Sunday morning. That’s when Richard Williams clung to a lifeboat in the dark waters of the North Atlantic.
People were dying all around him. His legs were literally freezing to death.
Two years later, Williams was crowned the best tennis player in America.
Researchers have excavated a century’s worth of first-class stories about the night the Titanic hit the iceberg. The one about a 21-year-old in a raccoon coat pretty much got lost in steerage.
( Read more... )
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