![Basil Izzi sittin at a table with a fork-full of spaghetti in his mouth. His mother stands behind him with her hand on his shoulder.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/tuiw9zvo/production/5f1b16f373542ecd0c20554aba99a4a48bdd7116-2128x1959.jpg?w=600&q=90&fit=scale&auto=format)
Izzi’s Happy Again
Basil D. Izzi , 19-year-old seaman who missed his mother’s spaghetti more than anything else while cast away for eighty-three days aboard a raft, got his fill of the dish when he visited his South Barre (Mass.) home. Mrs. Dominic Izzi, Basil’s mother, watches the feast.