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rescue 1,660 people off the
Andrea Doria
. In total,
51 people died. This included five passengers
on the
Stockholm
.
Later, the
Stockholm
’s crew checked their
ship for damage. Bernabé García was inspecting
the bow. It was covered with pieces from the
Andrea Doria
. Suddenly, he heard a cry for help.
García made his way through the wreckage.
There, he found Linda Morgan.
García went to the girl. “Where am I?” she
asked. “What ship is this?”
The crew of the
Stockholm
checked its
passenger list. Morgan’s name was not there.
How had she ended up on the
Stockholm
’s
bow?
It took a while to figure out. What happened
was quite strange. The bow of the
Stockholm
rammed into the
Andrea Doria
. It hit just below
Morgan’s bed. Then the
Stockholm
pulled back.
Young Morgan and her bed went with it.
Morgan had some injuries. But she was
alive. She was eventually taken to a hospital
in New York. Her biological father visited her
there. He touched her cheek and smiled. “It is
THE MIRACLE GIRL
