During a flight to Bahamas Islands in 1961, a freight carrier saw an incredible view of the sea water. A young girl who is floating on a small boy. Now the question is - how did the 11-year-old daughter Terry Joe Dupero go completely alone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
Together with his story, you will be surprised and speechless.
Terry Joe, the younger daughter of the Dupelo family, had come to visit this corner of the world, the most unforgettable event in his life. Her father Arthur Dupero - 41-year-old Wisconsin doctor and her mother-38 year old Jean Dupero had been collecting money for a couple of days for the trip.
Their three children-Brian (14), Terry Joe (11) and Ronnie (7) -was left for a seven-day tour from Florida on the Bahamas Islands. Their journey began with a 60-foot tall, two-mast vessel called 'bluebel'.
On November 8, 1961, the ship safely left the premises. Julian Harvey was a gentleman who was captain of the ship. He was accompanied by his wife Marie Dean.
The first four days of the journey all went well.
On the quiet days, the Bluebelt ships moved to Bimini, the easternmost small island. After reaching Sandy Point area of Great Abaco, everyone swam for quite a while. Excellent gourmet snack was collected by collecting snails and collecting it one by one.
Arthur Dupero's conversation with Roderick Pinder came when Sandy Point, the village commissioner, Dupelo said in a very natural way, "Such holidays will never happen in our lives. We will go home before Christmas. "
Terry Joe (father's shoulder) with family.
However, Dupro still did not know that his prediction would not be true.
November 12th date. Ships on the way back. The rest of the whole day's journey to return. Terry jumped in the cabin to sleep in the afternoon. But in the evening, the younger brother's tears and shouting sounded asleep.
"My brother was crying, 'Father, save! Save it ", Terry Joe - whose current name is Terry Duperro Fassbenander - after 50 years, told Fox News," After hearing that scream, I realized something very dangerous. "
In fact, 44-year-old former military pilot Captain Harvey decided to kill his wife that night. But what was the reason to kill a married woman just four months ago?
Later, it is known that Harvey took life insurance for wife Marie shortly before, So his plan was to kill Marie and kill him in the sea and demand that he disappear.
Terry Joe at the hospital
But surprisingly, the loss of a wife in an accident is not the first time in Harvey's life. One of his five wives died in road accidents. Harvey survived or miraculously survived service. Apart from his yacht and a motorboat drowning, he got a lot of money from the insurance company earlier.
But now his plan has not progressed properly. Dupelo saw Marie be killed. Later, while saving him, Dupero himself was killed by Harvey. Harvey does not want to keep any witnesses for his misdeeds. He killed the rest of the family of Dupro. Excluded by Terry Joe, just asleep in the cabin.
Terry disappeared from the room after a few minutes to see her mother and brother lying on the floor of the floor. Then he goes to the top deck Captain, to know what has happened.
But Captain Harvey pushed him down and pushed him down. Horror terry goes back to his cabin. After the water started entering the ship, he called out from the cabin and came out again.
Harvey opened all the valves in the ship. The ship wanted to run away after dipping it. She went through a rope tied to the trunk and got into the back of Terry Joe.
Terry Joe's friend Richard Logan later told Today Magazine, "Actually Harvey really wanted Terry Joe to be killed. He might think of Terry, 'Oh God! If this girl survives then she will tell the truth to everyone! 'So, with the rope in her hand, she went inside to get a knife or any other weapon. But Terry Joe leaves the rope. "
The pictures taken by the rescue ship workers.
Terry jumped the rope, Harvey hurriedly jumped into the ocean. Then sit up on the dinghy. Meanwhile, Terry Joe is left alone in the sinking ship But the 11 year old orphan, this girl did not give up easily.
He took a small snake and flew over it and flew into the sea. Meanwhile, the blue ship drowned in front of her eyes. Having a thin shirt and a pants, there was no other way except to leave him on the mercy of nature. During the night as bone-biting cold was hurting, her body was burning in the sun during the day as she was burning a sunny sunshine.
In such a situation, the possibility of finding a ship or a boat was very weak. One day a small plane is expected to fly. But the pilots left without looking at him.
He started his hallucinations in the face of rough nature. At one point, he seems to be seeing an island in front of him. However, the island disappears after it disappears.
But then everything was not finished yet. A cargo ship named 'Captain Theo' was passing through Bahamas. They can see Terry Joe. Nearly half-yearly Terry Joe has a 105-degree fever. Due to the heat of the sun, the dehydration An employee of the ship kept a picture of the small body of his body lying in the middle ocean.
After the rescue incident of the child, the news spread around the world.
Terry Joe at the hospital
Three days before, Harvai and her dead wife, who were riding on Bluebell's trunk, found the Coast Guard. Harvey said his ship was caught in the fire after a sudden storm hit him. He also said, he tried to save Terry Joe in water, but he could not.
Later, when he learned that Terry Joe was rescued alive, Harvey sued him for fear of being assaulted. Police found her body behind the door in the bathroom of her hotel room.
Meanwhile, Terry Joe was slowly recovering from her pain in a hospital in Miami. About seven days after his rescue, police got the chance to speak to him first. Then Terry explains the events of that horrible night.
A memorial was built in the Fort Howard Memorial Park in Wisconsin, courtesy of the Dupero family. The fruit of which was written, "On November 12, 1961, the memory of Arthur Dupero and his family lost on Bahamas Island. Their loved ones will be found in their hearts. Fortunately, those whose heart is pure, because they will find God. "
Meanwhile, Terry Joe's life did not stop. Without leaving the hospital, he went to Wisconsin's Green Bay. There he started a new life with aunt and his three children.
Terry's next twenty years did not talk to any other person on that night of November 1961.During the interview in 2010,
Later in the year 1980, she started to tell her experiences with some close friends. As a result, he has to take help from psychological service. Then gradually with friend Logan, he wrote the book 'Allon: Orphaned on the Ocean'. The book contains a deep and detailed account of the events of that night. Finally, his book was published in May 2010 - almost fifty years after that sad memory.
Surprisingly, during the book sales and propaganda, new people from TERI's past life are seen again. In an interview with Forty Eight Hours, he said, "Some 49 years ago some teachers came to meet me. They have been sorry for not being able to talk to me so long. They told them not to talk to me in that context. So I had to grow up silently. "
The cover of 'Alone: Orphan On the Ocean' book.
On the horrific memories of her childhood, Today said, "I have never been afraid. In my childhood I always used to go outdoors. My favorite time was to spend time in the seas and rivers. And besides, I believed that the fierce. I just prayed to God. Then what has happened. "
Even he still works around the water. Writing this book was one of the main objectives of his mental disturbance. Those who are trying to overcome the tragedy of their own lives - they believe that they will get some confidence after reading this book. "I always believed that there must be a reason for my return to life. But after reading this story, it took me fifty years to get the will of the people to spread hope. "