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Why Did The Indians Survive Or Survived

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For everyone death is inevitable. It is already written in stone. The sailors of the USS Indianapolis died far too young. They should have lived a longer life than what they did. There were many reasons of how they died but why did they die? Many sailors lost hope of being rescued and they just were not prepared. Therefore, more sailors died than survived. In the end, the sailors of the USS Indianapolis lost hope in being rescued. Some questioned whether or not anyone even got an SOS. After being in the sea for five days, they did not believe that anyone was coming. “All the same, they felt hopeless, despairing that rescue would ever come.” (Left For Dead p. 88) They never even saw a ship or a plane. When they were finally rescued, some sailors

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