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But that was really barely anything and definitely not enough to meet the needs of all the survivors. Yeah, like hundreds of them. By Tuesday, those injured who hadn't been taken by sharks began to give up hope or just lose consciousness and simply would float away.

But that was really barely anything and definitely not enough to meet the needs of all the survivors. Yeah, like hundreds of them. By Tuesday, those injured who hadn't been taken by sharks began to give up hope or just lose consciousness and simply would float away.

Like they would literally fall into unconsciousness and they would just float off. Yeah. Which is just really haunting to think. And a lot of them who were floating off would just remove their life jackets and let themselves drown. Like that happened a lot because they just didn't want to prolong it anymore. Yeah. Now Ensign Twibble later said, Right.

Like they would literally fall into unconsciousness and they would just float off. Yeah. Which is just really haunting to think. And a lot of them who were floating off would just remove their life jackets and let themselves drown. Like that happened a lot because they just didn't want to prolong it anymore. Yeah. Now Ensign Twibble later said, Right.

By the third night in the water, many among the crew had become delirious, suffering from heat stroke in the day or hypothermia at night. Or dehydration all the time.

By the third night in the water, many among the crew had become delirious, suffering from heat stroke in the day or hypothermia at night. Or dehydration all the time.

In McVeigh's group, a large number of men had tied themselves together using a length of rope secured to one of the rafts. He later said some of them lived through the period, but those who went out of their head earlier than, say, 48 to 60 hours didn't last. The people that were down in that group just gave up hope.

In McVeigh's group, a large number of men had tied themselves together using a length of rope secured to one of the rafts. He later said some of them lived through the period, but those who went out of their head earlier than, say, 48 to 60 hours didn't last. The people that were down in that group just gave up hope.

So they feel that people just slipped out of their life jackets and just decided that they didn't want to face it any longer.

So they feel that people just slipped out of their life jackets and just decided that they didn't want to face it any longer.

In Twibble's group, the effects of dehydration and madness had begun to affect many of the men around him. Lieutenant Richard Redmayne, once one of the strongest among them, had been steadily declining over the course of the third day and was frequently heard crying out, I need to get to the engine room before trying to throw himself over the side of the raft.

In Twibble's group, the effects of dehydration and madness had begun to affect many of the men around him. Lieutenant Richard Redmayne, once one of the strongest among them, had been steadily declining over the course of the third day and was frequently heard crying out, I need to get to the engine room before trying to throw himself over the side of the raft.

So he's just like hallucinating fully. Others were in a similarly hallucinatory state, muttering about seeing a water fountain down below, then diving beneath the surface, and some of them wouldn't come back up. I found an account by survivor Woody Eugene, and he said on that third day, this is his quote, he said, the sun finally did rise and it got warmed up again.

So he's just like hallucinating fully. Others were in a similarly hallucinatory state, muttering about seeing a water fountain down below, then diving beneath the surface, and some of them wouldn't come back up. I found an account by survivor Woody Eugene, and he said on that third day, this is his quote, he said, the sun finally did rise and it got warmed up again.

Some of the guys had been drinking salt water by now and they were going berserk. They tell you big stories about the Indianapolis is not sunk. It's just right there beneath the surface. I was just down there and had a drink of water out of the drinking fountain and the gee dunk is still open. The gee dunk being the commissary where you buy ice cream, cigarettes, candy, what have you.

Some of the guys had been drinking salt water by now and they were going berserk. They tell you big stories about the Indianapolis is not sunk. It's just right there beneath the surface. I was just down there and had a drink of water out of the drinking fountain and the gee dunk is still open. The gee dunk being the commissary where you buy ice cream, cigarettes, candy, what have you.

It's still open, they tell you. Come on, we'll get a drink of water. And then three or four guys would believe this story and go with them.

It's still open, they tell you. Come on, we'll get a drink of water. And then three or four guys would believe this story and go with them.

oh that's horrible which just like that's heartbreaking my heart like shattered in my chest reading because you're just thinking like they're all just like let's go get water and candy like oh my god oh it's just like and these are like 18 and 19 year olds so like oh makes you want to cry i just like want to hug their parents

oh that's horrible which just like that's heartbreaking my heart like shattered in my chest reading because you're just thinking like they're all just like let's go get water and candy like oh my god oh it's just like and these are like 18 and 19 year olds so like oh makes you want to cry i just like want to hug their parents