July 24, Monday, 04:00—The phone wakes Rich Habib at 4 am in Jackson Hole on July 24. The Cougar Ace has flipped, and he begins mobilizing the Titan team.
July 29, Saturday, 03:00—The Titan advance team arrives at the Cougar Ace. Habib calculates the drift of the vessel in order to figure out how much time he has before it hits land.
August 3, Thursday, 19:20—Habib recounts discussions with Phil Reed regarding the possibility that the Cougar Ace might flip during the righting operation.
August 6, Sunday, 06:00—Titan reinforcements arrive. Their task: attach towlines to pull the Cougar Ace into the Bering Sea.
August 6, Sunday, 15:30—Habib, Reed, Trepte and Mayani descend to the 13th deck to drill a hole in the fifth port side ballast tank.
August 6, Sunday, 22:45—Phil Reed inputs new data into GHS while Habib makes his own calculations.
August 11, Friday, 11:45—Habib is exhausted but continues to fight the battle to save the Cougar Ace.
August 11, Friday, 14:30—Ship representatives initially ask for all decks to be pumped 100 percent dry to prevent water from touching cars during the righting operation. Habib fears that if they wait any longer to right the ship, the weather may change, driving the ship ashore and causing them to lose everything.
August 11, Friday, 17:25—Habib sits on car on the number 9 deck and watches his jury-rigged inclinometer. At the end of the day, he surfaces to check an inclinometer that Marty Johnson rigged before he died.
August 11, Saturday, 20:25—While Phil Reed and Hank Bergman repurpose a fire pump to help with the righting effort, Habib navigates the Cougar Ace using old rock climbing techniques.
August 12, Saturday, 11:25—Phil Reed tries to determine how quickly the fifth starboard ballast tank will reach 50 percent full—the ideal volume to roll the ship.
August 12, Saturday, 12:00—The Cougar Ace rises.
