I wrote a children's book about the ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal. All proceeds will go toward Flexport.org's urgent shipping of supplies to frontline medical workers in India. Order yours here! gum.co/flexport
Big thanks to @paulg for editing the copy and making it more wonderful :)
Also thanks to @alexrkonrad who I'm pretty sure gave me this idea during our interview about the Suez a few weeks ago.
And most importantly, to Flexport designer Yanni Davros who did 99% of the hard work of bringing the idea to life through his beautiful illustrations!
And most lovingly to my wife @OliviaZaleski who read multiple drafts to our beautiful daughter and made it better each time :)

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25 Mar
Since the Suez Canal is the news, it's a good moment to share some history: From 1967 to 1975 the canal was intentionally blocked by the Egyptian military (using ships and naval mines) in response to the Israeli seizure of the Sini Peninsula during the Six-Day War.
When the canal was closed, 15 ships (part of a southbound convoy) became stuck in the Great Bitter Lake portion of the canal and remained there for the full eight years!
Crews were eventually reduced and rotated but the “Yellow Fleet”, as they became known due to being covered in dust, remained as staffed, operational vessels.
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