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From: LU9DCEDate: Mon, 23 Mar 26 18:15:00 Z
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Subject: SCARY RADIO TALE 23-MAR
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THE STATIC WOKE ME AT 3 A.M. IT WASN'T UNUSUAL FOR MY HAM RADIO TO
PICK UP STRAY SIGNALS AT NIGHT, BUT THIS VOICE WAS DIFFERENT. CLEAR.
CLOSE. A MAN'S VOICE, REPEATING THE SAME PHRASE: "THIS IS K4XU. DOES
ANYONE COPY? I NEED HELP. THIS IS K4XU."
I KEYED MY MIC. "COPY, K4XU. THIS IS KB7M. GO AHEAD."
SILENCE. THEN: "THANK GOD. I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR SIX HOURS. I'M
TRAPPED. THE RADIO ROOM IS FLOODING. I'M ON A BOAT, OR I WAS. THE
WATER CAME UP THROUGH THE FLOOR. I DRAGGED THE RADIO TO THE TOP BUNK
BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSER. CAN YOU SEND HELP?"
MY HANDS WERE SHAKING. I REACHED FOR MY PHONE TO CALL COAST GUARD.
THEN HE SPOKE AGAIN.
"DON'T BOTHER. NO ONE CAN FIND ME. I WAS ON THE EMPRESS QUEEN, 1987.
WENT DOWN IN THIRTY FEET OF WATER OFF CEDAR KEY. I'M BROADCASTING FROM
THE BOTTOM OF THE GULF."
THE STATIC SWELLED. I COULD HEAR GURGLING, RUSHING WATER, AND A
DISTANT MECHANICAL CLUNKLIKE A DOOR OPENING SOMEWHERE DEEP BENEATH THE
SEA.
"I JUST NEED ONE PERSON TO HEAR ME," HE WHISPERED. "JUST ONE. THANK
YOU FOR COPYING."
THE FREQUENCY WENT DEAD. I TRIED FOR HOURS. NOTHING. BUT I NEVER
TURNED OFF MY RADIO. SOMETIMES, LATE AT NIGHT, THE DIAL STILL DRIFTS
TO THAT CHANNEL ON ITS OWN, AND I HEAR IT AGAINFAINT, FADING, ASKING
IF ANYONE COPIES.
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