This Pando article has re-reported the story with lots of additional details and does some great storytelling, so I'm glad to see it. Just wanted to add a note for anyone who is wondering (like I was) "whoa, haven't I seen this before?".
I liked the storytelling as well, the only part that annoyed me was the way he continued to drop back into the romanticizing of the characters. You've already hooked me, I want to know what happens next, I don't give a shit about the lifestory of the engineer, I only care that he's an engineer and how he got involved in the story.
Other than that, I thought it was a great writeup.
This Pando article has re-reported the story with lots of additional details and does some great storytelling, so I'm glad to see it. Just wanted to add a note for anyone who is wondering (like I was) "whoa, haven't I seen this before?".