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In Into the Raging Sea (2018), Rachel Slade takes readers on a journey aboard El Faro’s final voyage from Jacksonville to Puerto Rico, re-creating the tense, eerie final hours before the cargo ship got caught in Hurricane Joaquin and sank. Slade chronicles a series of bad decisions by the captain, unreliable weather forecasts, safety shortcuts, and other issues that led to the death of all thirty-three crew members in one of the biggest maritime casualties in modern US history. El Faro’s story is a wake-up call for both shipping companies and government officials.