Shark Week

[JohnR]

The banner from discovery channel is for shark week. My son wanted to look. Of course, to a 6 year old sharks are at the top of the food chain because I can show him sharks - the only thing better would be for me to show him living Dinosaurs. So he's reading the banner about "the true story of the worst attack ever" and we go to Discovery's site and it is the sinking of the USS Indianapolis as they returned from delivering the "Bomb" to Tinian before it was loaded on the Enola Gay.

I'm not sure if I'm going to let him watch that one live - think I'll need to tape it.

Anyway Shark Week is usually pretty stinkin' good but if you want to read an amazing story about what these guys on the USS Indianapolis went through, check out "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis" by Doug Stanton. This is a strong and moving book that addresses some of the controversy about the problems and poor decisions that led up to the sinking of the Indy and the ordeal of the men that survived the initial sinking to slowly succumb to sharks and oil coated lungs over the following days.

Guess I'll be camped out on Discovery Channel tomorrow night!