The Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades
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The Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades
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#3See also an in-depth report from the AP: https://apnews.com/9d5904f83f6a4cf784828107fa7d038d
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#4I could tell from the title this was going to be written by William Langewiesche. He really knows how to spin a good yarn.
All his articles and books seem to be movie-worthy. I'm not entirely convinced reality is that exciting, though.
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#5I could tell from the title this was going to be written by William Langewiesche. He really knows how to spin a good yarn. All his articles and books seem to be movie-worthy. I'm not entirely convinced reality is that exciting, though.
If you like this article, I recommend finding his other pieces particularly about airplane crashes.
He writes in a gripping manner and normally seems to have done pretty thorough background research, as well as personal experience.
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#6That was hard to read.
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#7Damn. That was intense. Thanks for posting this.
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#8Does anyone know if the investigators checked to see if the captain may have had reasons to sink the ship? Beyond that, given the captain's body was never recovered, were investigators able to confirm that communications were coming from the positions reported by the captain?
RELATED: Here is the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation final report on El Faro[1] -- in which the investigators had stated that if Davidson had survived the storm, his actions would have been grounds for the Coast Guard to revoke his captain's license.
What I am not seeing in the report is any reference to if the investigators checked to see if there were any reasons in his personal life that may have caused the captain to intention sink the ship; for example, recent suicide attempt, recent diagnosis of terminal illness, financial issue, employer or family issues, etc.
[1] https://media.defense.gov/2017/Oct/01/2001820187/-1/-1/0/FIN...
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#9The El Faro sinking has also been covered extensively from a professional mariner perspective on gCaptain.
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#10The article mentions that there are major merchant vessels sinking every two/three days! That seems huge. How many deaths per year does that amount to? We're lucky to be in tech I guess.