<p>Too much of an adventure for five Texas A&M students, and the death of Roger Stone, 53</p>
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GALVESTON - As night slid into day and back into night, reef fish nibbled at their skin, and 80-degree waters roiled around them, the five survivors of the Cynthia Woods sailboat kept talking.</p>
<p>Steve Conway, a retired Coast Guard commander and one of the sailboat’s safety officers, told the some of the sea stories he’s famous for, careful to avoid “ones that involve utter calamity.”</p>
<p>Then, he told reporters Monday, he detailed the protocol for Coast Guard rescues, giving the four Texas A&M students and regatta racers floating alongside him in the Gulf of Mexico a timeline for the help they were certain would eventually come.</p>
<p>Those stories, that steadfast belief that they would be rescued, and the jokes the five sailors tossed around as they bobbed more than 20 miles offshore kept their spirits and hopes up during 26 hours at sea.
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June 10, 2008, 4:54pm
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<p>It was very sad about the man that died. He was a safety officer too, and made sure two of the students got above deck with their life vests. I guess he was caught in the boat when it capsized. What a terrible time of waiting that had to be for all the families!</p>