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Elbow Beach, Bermuda - Far Away in Time

Gillian Webster

2003

Friday, September 5th 2003 is a day I will never forget. At the age of 32 I faced my own mortality head on and found my courage lacking.

Hurricane Fabian had been brewing in the Atlantic for days when we arrived on Bermuda following a week in New York. By September 4th we knew we were in for an almost direct hit, as the eye of the Category 4 hurricane would pass just to the west of the island. ... (continues)

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