[jonathanberger]

If you like this article, I recommend finding his other pieces particularly about airplane crashes.

He writes in a gripping manner and normally seems to have done pretty thorough background research, as well as personal experience.

[tptacek]

He has a whole book on maritime incidents (culled from long-form narrative pieces he did at The Atlantic) --- The Outlaw Sea.

[tcopeland]

That looks great, and my local library has a copy, thanks for the pointer!