11.   Bare-chested except for a life vest, with a rivulet of rain cascading off his nose, he had been sailing for hours before taking me out.

12.   According to American, Archuleta was fired for failing to remove outdated life vests from certain airplanes, a charge that he denies.

13.   All around him, the sea was littered with crates of potatoes, ammunition cans, stray life vests, and dead bodies.

14.   But it says something about the difference between John F. Kennedy Jr. and most of us that he flew out over the open ocean without life vests on board.

15.   Crew members said he was thrown over the side without even a life vest.

16.   Everyone also put on life vests, except for Vogel, who continued to make Mayday calls.

17.   Everyone who boards the boat is required to wear a life vest, which is provided.

18.   For instance, the board said, people on helicopter air tours that fly over water should be required to wear life vests.

19.   For the many adults who are unsure of their technological sea legs, America Online has positioned itself as the great life vest of cyberspace.