The disaster in "The Man in the Water" by Roger Rosenblatt occurred in 1982 when an airplane clipped a Potomac bridge during rush hour and went into the water. The heroic man in the water helped others before he drowned.
The story is an allegory of the entire revolutionary experience. Another theme that runs through Rip Van Winkle is laziness. Rip's laziness is eventually punished. His punishment was to remain asleep for 20 years.
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I have indeed watched the movie, and even though I wasn't frightened by it, I would say it counts as a horror movie since there are gothic parts to it, but the romance and comedy in it largely overshadow the scary parts.
The first and second at first glance looks to have a misplaced modifier, but the first one is the correct answer. :)
