Tom Kelly felt the floors' 'shattering, rumbling, muted roar' upon impact and answered the call of of duty in a rescue mission that could only be deemed 'miraculous'
SAULT STE. MARIE MICH. - Just south of Nantucket, Mass rests the “unsinkable” SS Andrea Doria, where one of the greatest civilian maritime rescue efforts ever recorded focused on lost Italian paintings and bronze sculptures.
The ship’s steel double hull with 11 watertight compartments reassured all 1,660 passengers, crew, and staff they were safe and sound. Kelly looked down, slowly shook his head, and pondered what happened. “It was all very strange,” he said. “We resolved to go down to their abandoned state rooms to retrieve them,” Kelly said. “Going down two decks was in itself quite the challenge because of the rising water level in the Andrea Doria. It was amazing to enter cabins with half open doors to witness jewelry and money scattered around the room.”“I don't remember how many trips we made, but in the end, almost everyone had a jacket,” Kelly said, unable to estimate the amount of frightened people crowded into muster stations.
He obtained a masters degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1964, and masters of education from Loyola University in 1979.“When I was a teacher at Lake Superior State University, where there is a large coast guard presence, I had a call from a newly arrived sailor telling me he had helped save me from the Andrea Doria,” Kelly shared. “Naturally, I warmly thanked him.”
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