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They were separated by a torpedo hitting the ship they were sailing on.

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Phillip and his mother became separated when the ship they were traveling on was torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II. Phillip was thrown overboard and eventually washed ashore on a deserted island, while his mother boarded a lifeboat and was unable to find him before being rescued.

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In chapters 1-4 of "The Cay," 11-year-old Phillip Enright and his mother are escaping Curacao just as World War II begins. Their ship is torpedoed, Phillip is separated from his mother, and is rescued by an older black man named Timothy from the water. Timothy and Phillip find themselves stranded on a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean.


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Why did Phillip go on a ship with his parents in the book The Cay?

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Who rescued Phillip in The Cay?

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