RUNAWAY SHIP

Think ships can't travel on land? Think again Runaway Ship was inspired by my real life events as a merchant sailor along with a few creative embellishments. The APL Singapore was my first Bosun job, when sailing off the coast of Japan in 2010 a sub-sea quake occurred; and in 2011 the Fukushima disaster occurred following an offshore sub-sea earthquake and tsunami.

. An alcoholic remembering a ship he was on in February of 2011, seems to have some family drama going on and he misses his little daughter, Allison. He must be careful as he makes his way on the APL Singapore from San Francisco because if he gets into another booze incident his papers will be yanked by the Coast Guard.

Flashbacks let us know that he is in the hospital after having burned their Volvo to the ground receiving an ultimatum from his wife, Sarah that she will take their daughter if he doesn't stop drinking.

After the ship is struck by an earthquake at sea. A massive tsunami hits Japan and in it a power plant A white cloud menacingly approaches the ship. The extra condensation, electricity and the radio are acting funky and affecting everyone's jobs on the Singapore. The engine rumbles weirdly the crew is getting worried, they didn't sing up for this. The captains want to avoid internal panic but the engine might explode! The white cloud is nuclear radiation!
The computer has shifted course from Kaohsiung Taiwan back to San Francisco steaming into the bay at fifty knots plus plowing into the City where she finally comes to rest thanks to our recovered alcoholic sailor who takes charge and saves the day who puts everything to a stop and wins back his family.