Luke Dittrich's Esquire story about two dozen strangers trapped in a convenience store cooler is a National Magazine Award finalist, and Dittrich talked to Nieman Storyboard about finding the dispersed survivors and writing their story: "I was drawn to the cooler because it’s so tightly focused," Dittrich said. "It’s a very tight space with a bunch of people crammed inside, in the dark. I liked the idea of simplifying it as much as possible."
