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But even with the outcome known. Hoffer still manages to build almost unbearable suspense as he ticks off the minutes and brings the two ocean giants closer and closer.
The collision is patterned after the movie “Silver Streak," according to Hofffcr. In the film, a passenger train plows into Central Station in a drawn-out, slow motion sequence.
“The crash in my book is written in slow motion,” Hoffer said, adding that it remains his favorite portion of “Saved!” “I reach that point and I still get a tingle up my spine. That’s amazing—that I can get that feeling from reading my own work.”
Heroes And Cowards
After the two ships hit, Hoffer follows the passengers and crew as they react to the crisis. Some are heroic, risking their lives to help strangers as well as loved ones. Some are cowards, needlessly endangering others as they rush to save themselves.
But the heroes and heroines outnumber the bad guys in Hoffer’s retelling. Most of the men and women he introduces are people we'd
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