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slothen2 t1_itciw15 wrote

Are we sure it was a premonition and not him just calling in sick and claiming a premonition afterward?

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nutmegger2020 t1_itbikkr wrote

Nice. Can you add the story of the Bostonian during the Hurricane of 1938 ? Its an amazing story.

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CTHistory42 OP t1_itbnc3h wrote

I'm not familiar with it. Any assistance you can provide would be most welcome.

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nutmegger2020 t1_itbsd6b wrote

Its in this Book

https://www.amazon.com/Sudden-Sea-Great-Hurricane-1938/dp/0316832111

http://www.workingwaterfrontarchives.org/2006/04/01/sudden-sea-the-great-hurricane-of-1938/

26:04 here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycDf5s5wB0

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Article

https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1041&context=wracklines

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Photo

https://twitter.com/Boston_archives/status/1308077013887004672

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Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJAdKPa5inI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tic8ceyIsQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycDf5s5wB0

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We could work as a team. The story of the bus driver in RI was the most touching as we regularly passed through Mackeral Cove on the way to SCUBA diving at the Beavertail Lighthouse (hence my avatar).

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Mandalore108 t1_itbj6ki wrote

More like he wanted the day off and made up the premonition shit after the fact.

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CTHistory42 OP t1_itbn9mq wrote

Actually, it was well documented the evening before.

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Mandalore108 t1_itg4zr4 wrote

What did they actually say? Wondering because premonitions aren't a real thing, so he may have felt uneasy or just made up an excuse to get out of work the next day.

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CTHistory42 OP t1_itgpl3o wrote

According to the President of the Thompson Historical Society, Railroad Fireman Mike Flynn told his supervisor - the night before the crash - that he was not going to report for service because "something bad" was going to happen. Jerry Fitzgerald filled in for him, and was killed in the crash (one of only three people, miraculously, who were killed in the multiple crashes - although dozens were injured). You can hear the whole story on the podcast: https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com

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