Posted on 07/31/2015 9:11:31 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
I wonder why they wouldn’t have stayed with the boat......
He was coming in and I believe a swell from behind screwed him up...He was beat up pretty bad after he went off the bridge...CG and jet skiers got to him and pulled him out but he was on life support in the hsptl and later removed.
He had been in and out of Jptr a zillion times and all it took was one time.
They may have tried but the hull is smooth by design for efficient running and not for hanging on.
If the got flipped over who knows, could have been knocked out banged up.....weird stuff goes on out there.
No answers is the hard part and may never be.
The hull may show signs of scratch marks or indications of someone trying to hang on?
If you ever get a chance to talk to a coastie that does SAR the stories are endless and unbelievable.
Shrimpers, shrimp at night and sleep in the day time. There was probably a captain on the boat, he would have missed them, maybe already had. We were maybe 30+ miles from shore, getting close to dark, they had no lights on their skiff. Their skiff was under water, any rough water and they could not have stayed on top of it.
One kid was exhausted and had to have help swimming back to the main boat. We defiantly saved their lives. I am so glad we were curious about what we saw in the water and investigated.
There can be anything floating out there that you can hit and wreck your boat. We would usually leave the dock at 3 am and get back after dark.
Very sad.
Yup..kids that love the water and boating are the greatest...the lure of the “Out Side” got to’em......still hope the show up....
I’m surprised that during this whole ordeal, nobody mentioned hypothermia. I would imagine that being in 80 degree water would cool the body to a fatal temperature long before 7 days had passed.
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