MAN VERSUS NATURE... AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE... PUBLIUS PRODUCTIONS AND WEINSTEIN BOOKS PRESENT... A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue RIVETING GUEST AUTHORS: John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski are authors' of A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue. 'A Speck in the Sea' tells tale of boyhood pals' brush with death on Long Island fishing excursion... "After more than 10 hours in the frigid ocean 40 miles south of Montauk Point, John Aldridge didn�t know if there was any fight left in him. It was at that moment when the cruel sea taunted him with salvation � only to snatch it away. No more than 400 yards away he spied the Anna Mary, his lobster boat, the one he�d tumbled overboard from in the wee hours of the night. His crewmate Mike Migliaccio stood on the roof, binoculars plastered to his face, desperately scanning the sea. Migliaccio was a man possessed. He knew Aldridge�s time was running out. How was it possible Mike didn�t see him? Aldridge had spent all his energy affixing himself to a colorful buoy. But the ocean�s glare hid Aldridge from sight and the Anna Mary steamed away. �A Speck in the Sea� is the personally narrated account of Aldridge and his partner Anthony Sosinski about July 24, 2013, a day the unthinkable happened. The pair were boyhood friends and dedicated lobstermen who teamed up to buy the Anna Mary in 2001. Both knew men who�d gone out to sea and never returned. The new book is also the gripping tale of a massive and dramatic rescue operation mounted not just by the U.S. Coast Guard, but Aldridge�s fellow fisherman. They swarmed the sea in an against-the-odds search for one of their own taken hostage by the ocean. It was around 3 a.m. that Aldridge, 45, decided to tend to a maintenance task on deck. Two commercial-sized coolers loaded with ice were in his way. Attaching a plastic handle and using a long-handled hook, he squatted low to put all his weight into yanking the heavy load a few feet forward. It was on the second pull that the plastic handle broke. Aldridge went flying backwards toward the open hatch, and momentum plunged him into the deep." READ: nydailynews.com/new-york/lobster-fishing-trip-turns-brush-death-friends-article-1.3181590 PLUG BOOK: amazon.com/Speck-Sea-Story-Survival-Rescue/dp/1602863288/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496285704&sr=8-1&keywords=a+speck+in+the+sea BIOS: John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski co-own and operate the Anna Mary, a lobster boat, in the open ocean surrounding Montauk. Best friends for decades, Aldridge and Sosinski are seasoned sailors and fishermen. WEBSITE: www.weinsteinbooks.com