Saved! The Story of the Andrea Doria, the Greatest Sea Rescue in History William Hoffer

"My God, we're going to hit!"

The Andrea Doria, Italy's most luxurious liner, slides out of her berth. On board: VIPs, socialites, movie stars, and American families taking the dream voyage of a lifetime.

Their destination: disaster.

Out of the dense fog, a ghost-like shape suddenly appears. An officer screams as he realizes that the two ships are on a collision course. The Stockholm rams the Andrea Doria and500 tons of ocean pour into the mortally wounded ship. Forty people die instantly. 1,660 survive, trapped in a living hell as the Andrea Doria starts her descent into the sea.

The nightmare has begun, a harrowing ordeal of courage and cowardice, of fatal error and dramatic heroism, of panic, treachery, tragedy, and finally, the most spectacular sea rescue of all time.

"Puts the reader on board and into the minds and hearts of passengers and crew." 
-Washington Post