In February 2009, 24-year-old Nick Schuyler went fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, with three friends, two of them NFL players, . When the boat capsized, the four men were forced to cling to the hull to survive. The US Coast Guard mounted a plane, boat and helicopter search and found the upturned boat after 43 hours. Nick was the only one alive. The book was a New York Times best seller, and Nick was interviewed on Oprah and HBO's Real Sports, amongst many others.—R Wainwright