Brett

Remember, what are they made to do?

To fly low over the ocean, right into enemy fire, and drop a torpedo.

So they're heavily armored.

They're not that fast.

They're basically tanks that fly.

Heavy.

So if you run out of gas, things go on straight down.

There's no gliding gently.

into the ocean so it's basically once we get down to basically no gas before the engine shut off we're all going to dish together because once again we have to stay together if we stay together more likely we'll be seen more likely we can get life rafts together more likely we'll survive and so that's his plan

And Taylor had actually ditched three prior times and survived all three.

So he's ready to do that.

The issue, though, is the weather is getting worse and worse.

And in fact, the weather is so bad at this point that there's some very significant waves and the weather is only going to get worse as the night continues.

And in fact, this is the last transmission ever received from Lieutenant Taylor and the last transmission ever received from Flight 19.

Happened at 7.04 p.m.

when another pilot in the squadron, Ensign Joseph Bossy, tried to contact Taylor, but there was no response.

All right, so that's where we're at.

So this is the point where Flight 19 disappears.

This is the point where we lose contact with them forever.

But this is not the end of the story, because at this point, everyone in Florida realizes they have a very serious situation.