Summary

The work begins with a medical dictionary definition of hyperbaric oxygenation, a process by which the body receives "oxygen at greater than normal atmospheric pressure" which is thought to aid the body in health and healing (3). The first chapter in this section, titled "The Incident" describes the explosion of the hyperbaric chamber that has been dubbed "The Miracle Submarine" by its owners, the Yoos. It is told in retrospect, from the perspective of Young Yoo, who immigrated to America from Korea to make a better life for her daughter, Mary. She replays her actions and thoughts on the night of the fateful explosion that killed two of their clients, when someone set a fire outside of the chamber. Young was watching over the Miracle Sub because her husband Pak had asked her to, despite her inexperience. Young leaves the barn that houses the...