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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.100,0:00:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In June of 1998,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.81,0:00:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tori Murden McClure left Nags Head,\NNorth Carolina for France.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.15,0:00:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's her boat, the American Pearl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.47,0:00:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 23 feet long and just six feet across
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.91,0:00:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at its widest point.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.88,0:00:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deck was the size of a cargo bed\Nof a Ford F-150 pickup truck.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.87,0:00:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tori and her friends built it by hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.36,0:00:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it weighed about 1,800 pounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.05,0:00:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her plan was to row it alone
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.41,0:00:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the Atlantic Ocean --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.36,0:00:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no motor, no sail --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.50,0:00:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something no woman and no American\Nhad ever done before.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.26,0:00:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would be her route:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.84,0:00:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 3,600 miles across\Nthe open North Atlantic Ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.07,0:00:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professionally, Tori worked\Nas a project administrator
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.68,0:00:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the city of Louisville, Kentucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.48,0:00:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her hometown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.29,0:00:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her real passion was exploring.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.70,0:00:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was not her first big expedition.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.19,0:00:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several years earlier, she'd become\Nthe first woman to ski to the South Pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.55,0:00:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was an accomplished rower in college,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.78,0:01:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even competed for a spot\Non the 1992 U.S. Olympic team,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.26,0:01:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this, this was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.19,0:01:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) (Music) Tori Murden McClure:\NHi. It's Sunday, July 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.83,0:01:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sector time 9 a.m.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.71,0:01:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's Kentucky time now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.89,0:01:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dawn Landes: Tori made\Nthese videos as she rowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.24,0:01:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is her 21st day at sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.54,0:01:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point, she'd covered\Nover 1,000 miles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.30,0:01:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had had no radio contact\Nin more than two weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.97,0:01:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following a storm that disabled\Nall her long-range communications systems
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.41,0:01:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just five days in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.12,0:01:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most days looked like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.14,0:01:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point, she'd rowed\Nover 200,000 strokes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.90,0:01:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting the current and the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.23,0:01:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some days, she traveled\Nas little as 15 feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.71,0:01:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.22,0:01:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as frustrating as those days were,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.87,0:01:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other days were like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.91,0:01:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) TMM: And I want to show you\Nmy little friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.02,0:01:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DL: She saw fish, dolphins,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.93,0:02:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whales, sharks,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.46,0:02:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even some sea turtles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.34,0:02:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After two weeks with no human contact,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.62,0:02:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tori was able to contact\Na local cargo ship
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.94,0:02:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via VHF radio.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.86,0:02:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) TMM: Do you guys\Nhave a weather report, over?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.65,0:02:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Heading up to a low
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.78,0:02:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ahead of you but it's heading,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.27,0:02:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're obviously going northeast
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.15,0:02:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a high behind us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.05,0:02:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That'd be coming
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.91,0:02:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,east-northeast also.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.42,0:02:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DMM: Good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.02,0:02:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DL: She's pretty happy to talk\Nto another human at this point.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.92,0:02:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) TMM: So weather report\Nsays nothing dramatic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.37,0:02:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to happen soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.98,0:02:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DL: What the weather report\Ndidn't tell her
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.99,0:02:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that she was rowing right into\Nthe path of Hurricane Danielle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.09,0:02:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the worst hurricane season\Non record in the North Atlantic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.14,0:02:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) TMM: Just sprained my ankle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.13,0:02:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a very strong wind\Nfrom the east now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.85,0:03:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's blowing about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.29,0:03:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's blowing!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.16,0:03:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 12 days of storm
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.86,0:03:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get to row for four hours
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.69,0:03:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a flagging wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.84,0:03:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not very happy right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.53,0:03:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As happy as I was this morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.20,0:03:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am unhappy now, so ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.20,0:03:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DL: After nearly three months at sea,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.20,0:03:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'd covered over 3,000 miles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.89,0:03:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was two thirds of the way there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.91,0:03:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the storm, the waves were\Nthe size of a seven-story building.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.44,0:03:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her boat kept capsizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.61,0:03:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them were pitchpole capsizes,\Nflipping her end over end,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.82,0:03:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rowing became impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.30,0:03:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) TMM: It's 6:30 a.m.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.71,0:03:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in something big, bad and ugly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.06,0:03:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two capsizes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.66,0:03:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last capsize, I took the rib\Noff the top of my ceiling with my back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.36,0:03:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had about six capsizes now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.84,0:04:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last one was a pitchpole.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.35,0:04:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the Argus beacon with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.30,0:04:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would set off the distress signal,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.08,0:04:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but quite frankly, I don't think they'd\Never be able to find this little boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.31,0:04:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so far underwater right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.12,0:04:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only part that's showing\Npretty much is the cabin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.30,0:04:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 10 a.m.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.43,0:04:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've lost track of the number of capsizes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.13,0:04:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I seem to capsize about\Nevery 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.17,0:04:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I may have broken my left arm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.20,0:04:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The waves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.67,0:04:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are tearing the boat to shreds.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.56,0:04:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I keep praying because
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.04,0:04:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure I'm going\Nto make it through this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.13,0:04:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DL: Tori set off her distress beacon
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.45,0:04:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was rescued\Nby a passing container ship.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.34,0:04:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found her abandoned boat\Ntwo months later adrift near France.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.32,0:04:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read about it in the newspaper.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.51,0:04:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1998, I was a high school student\Nliving in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.78,0:05:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I live in New York City.\NI'm a songwriter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.33,0:05:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her bravery stuck with me,\Nand I'm adapting her story
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.63,0:05:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a musical called "Row."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.99,0:05:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Tori returned home,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.64,0:05:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was feeling disheartened,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.47,0:05:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was broke.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.67,0:05:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was having a hard time\Nmaking the transition
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.96,0:05:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back into civilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.08,0:05:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this scene, she sits at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.72,0:05:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The phone is ringing,\Nher friends are calling,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.96,0:05:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she doesn't know how to talk to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.17,0:05:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sings this song.\NIt's called "Dear Heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.17,0:05:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Guitar)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.33,0:05:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was dreaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.05,0:05:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took my body
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.30,0:05:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to beautiful places
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.62,0:05:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd never been.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.94,0:05:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw Gibraltar,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.21,0:06:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stars of Kentucky
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.60,0:06:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,burned in the moonlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.88,0:06:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making me smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.45,0:06:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I awoke here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.71,0:06:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sky was so cloudy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.16,0:06:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked to a party
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.53,0:06:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people I know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.100,0:06:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try hard to know me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.22,0:06:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask where I've been,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.43,0:06:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't explain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.51,0:06:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I've seen to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.37,0:06:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, listen, dear heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.24,0:06:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just pay attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.36,0:06:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go right from the start.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.40,0:06:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, listen, dear heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.31,0:06:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can fall off the map,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.05,0:07:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't fall apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.53,0:07:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ooh ooh ooh,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.38,0:07:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ah ah ah ah ah.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.24,0:07:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah ah,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.59,0:07:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ah ah ah.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.42,0:07:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.63,0:07:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ocean would hold me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.02,0:07:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rock me and throw me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.36,0:07:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,light as a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.68,0:07:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I'm so heavy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.12,0:07:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing consoles me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.32,0:07:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mind floats like driftwood,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.76,0:07:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wayward and wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.04,0:07:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, listen, dear heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.58,0:07:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just pay attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.72,0:07:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go right from the start.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.46,0:08:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, listen, dear heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.75,0:08:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can fall off the map,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.21,0:08:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't fall apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.13,0:08:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ooh.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.91,0:08:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, Tori starts to get\Nher feet under her.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.14,0:08:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She starts hanging out\Nwith her friends again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.60,0:08:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She meets a guy and falls\Nin love for the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.48,0:08:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gets a new job working\Nfor another Louisville native,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.54,0:08:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muhammad Ali.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.82,0:08:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, at lunch with her new boss,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.56,0:08:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tori shares the news\Nthat two other women
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.93,0:08:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are setting out to row\Nacross the mid-Atlantic,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.69,0:08:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do something that she\Nalmost died trying to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.38,0:08:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His response was classic Ali:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.50,0:08:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You don't want to go through life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.42,0:08:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the woman who almost\Nrowed across the ocean."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.18,0:08:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.17,0:08:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tori rebuilt the American Pearl,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.89,0:08:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in December of 1999,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.68,0:08:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.95,0:09:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)\N(Guitar)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.87,0:09:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.40,0:09:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)