A fact from Bill Hatfield appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Bill Hatfield, the oldest person to have sailed solo around the world, had previously narrowly survived a shipwreck with his young family?
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News article "It was there, 150 miles off the Coast that a life event like no other struck Bill and his young family. Tropical Cyclone Cliff. This cyclone is one etched into Bill’s mind as one of the most terrifying experiences. ... ... ... As he flipped over the raft, Barb popped up clutching both girls. All four survived the cyclone and the two and a half days that followed drifting at sea."
Seems ready to go FishandChipper 🐟🍟 09:35, 19 July 2022 (UTC)