Sample Newspaper Report
The date has been manipulated.
Any resemblance to characters - living or dead is purely coincidental.
IN THE TERRITORY OF SWORDFISH
-Harshika Jain
30 June 1984
An NCC expedition off the Bombay Coast, 60 nautical miles
into the seas was in operation on the INS Ranjit, a destroyer Naval War ship.
It was a part of the All India Public Schools Camps.
As a part of a mock drill, a log of wood weighing 25-30 kg
was dropped off into the sea. There were waves which made the wood piece sway
and float here and there. The boys on board who knew how to swim had to go
fetch the wood. All backed off except one boy – Vinod K.Kumar from Modern Public School, Delhi who was
willing to take the risk.
He got down into a 4ft x 2ft navy raft with a navy personnel
and they paddled towards the log of wood. 200-300m away from the log, he was
asked to jump into the sea, swim and get it back. The journey towards the wood
was on the most part uneventful. But when he was coming back with the piece of
wood along with him, he was followed by a swordfish. Luckily he was very close to the boat.
Otherwise this act of bravery might have turned into a gory bloodbath.
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