Agent 86 returned from a short escape to the Caribbean a few days ago and was still pouring sand out of his shoes when Spy management called to dispatch him to Tilghman Island. That the temperature was in the teens, and gale-force winds were blowing, was apparently of no moment. 86′ instructions were to do an aerial video documenting the hardships faced by watermen due to the frigid weather blanketing the area. A link to his video is available nearby.
86 returned to headquarters quite melancholy. While on Tilghman, he encountered a 5th-generation waterman who was tending to his Skipjack. The waterman told 86 that over the last few years, it had been tough making a living on the water, that because of this year’s ice, he had been unable to oyster for weeks and, as a result, this season might be his last in the trade. The waterman’s saddest comment was that he didn’t know what else to do.
This video is approximately two minutes in length.
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