California Lawyer Rescued by Brother After Falling Overboard in Pacific Ocean
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Virginia Chamlee
Toasted to a respectable shade. No regrets, no crumbs left.
Summary
A 2006 rescue story where California lawyer Craig McCabe, then 58, fell overboard from his 65-foot yacht during a solo trip in the Pacific Ocean. Miles away, his brother spotted his head bobbing in the open water and rescued him. McCabe was at a crossroads in his life, weighing whether to stay in corporate law or return to representing abused children.
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A successful corporate lawyer, the then-58-year-old was weighing whether to stay in high-paying legal work or return to representing abused children, a field he had once found deeply meaningful.
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