The Sunday Read: 'A Speck in the Sea'

<p>John Aldridge fell overboard in the middle of the night, 40 miles from shore, and the Coast Guard was looking in the wrong place. This is a story about isolation — and our struggle to close the space between us.</p><p><em>This story was recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, </em><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=speck_in_sea" target="_blank"><em>download Audm for iPhone or Android</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/magazine/a-speck-in-the-sea.html" target="_blank">This is the article</a> read in this episode, written by Paul Tough.</p>