{"product_id":"trapped-under-the-sea-one-engineering-marvel-five-men-and-a-disaster-ten-miles-into-the-darkness-paperback","title":"Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Swidey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job--with deadly results\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping sewage into it for generations, coating the seafloor with a layer of \"black mayonnaise.\" Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals referred to floating tampon applicators as \"beach whistles.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the 1990s, work began on a state-of-the-art treatment plant and a 10-mile-long tunnel--its endpoint stretching farther from civilization than the earth's deepest ocean trench--to carry waste out of the harbor. With this impressive feat of engineering, Boston was poised to show the country how to rebound from environmental ruin. But when bad decisions and clashing corporations endangered the project, a team of commercial divers was sent on a perilous mission to rescue the stymied cleanup effort. Five divers went in; not all of them came out alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents collected over five years of reporting, award-winning writer Neil Swidey takes us deep into the lives of the divers, engineers, politicians, lawyers, and investigators involved in the tragedy and its aftermath, creating a taut, action-packed narrative. The climax comes just after the hard-partying DJ Gillis and his friend Billy Juse trade assignments as they head into the tunnel, sentencing one of them to death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An intimate portrait of the wreckage left in the wake of lives lost, the book--which Dennis Lehane calls \"extraordinary\" and compares with \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Storm--\u003c\/i\u003eis also a morality tale. What is the true cost of these large-scale construction projects, as designers and builders, emboldened by new technology and pressured to address a growing population's rapacious needs, push the limits of the possible? This is a story about human risk--how it is calculated, discounted, and transferred--and the institutional failures that can lead to catastrophe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Suspenseful yet humane, \u003ci\u003eTrapped Under the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that behind every bridge, tower, and tunnel--behind the infrastructure that makes modern life possible--lies unsung bravery and extraordinary sacrifice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Swidey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrapped Under the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, a #1 \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller that was named one of the best books of 2014 by \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assist\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best books of 2008 by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and a co-author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eLast Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy.\u003c\/i\u003e A staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Swidey also teaches journalism at Brandeis University and has been a contributing analyst for NBC News. His work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Science Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Crime Writing, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Political Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a seven-time winner of the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society for Professional Journalists and has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award. He lives outside Boston with his wife and three daughters. As an outgrowth of his first book, he founded the Alray Scholars Program, a mentoring and scholarship nonprofit that helps give inner-city students a second chance at college.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978429432109,"sku":"9780307886736","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/V1BVdVkzTnY1RnlOVXFxYi95MElRUT09.webp?v=1775805107","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/trapped-under-the-sea-one-engineering-marvel-five-men-and-a-disaster-ten-miles-into-the-darkness-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}