My son Zackery Sobin is an e-5 nuke S.O., he was in the engine room at the time of the grounding.He was leaning forward up against a cabnet and has bruised ribs ,a bump on his head and a sore neck. He also told me of the detailed navagational charts that indicated clear sailing. He was preforming a test on the reactor secondary cooling water , a test he aborted... obviously.Zack has a shutdown and cooldown duty watch starting a couple of hours ago that will take at least 20 hours. Tell your son that you have been coesponding with Zack's dad. I was hoping they would give him a break.
God Bless the crew, and those that wait for them.
"My son Zackery Sobin is an e-5 nuke S.O., he was in the engine room at the time of the grounding.He was leaning forward up against a cabnet and has bruised ribs ,a bump on his head and a sore neck. He also told me of the detailed navagational charts that indicated clear sailing. He was preforming a test on the reactor secondary cooling water , a test he aborted... obviously.Zack has a shutdown and cooldown duty watch starting a couple of hours ago that will take at least 20 hours. Tell your son that you have been coesponding with Zack's dad. I was hoping they would give him a break."
My son Kevin was an R.O. on the San Francisco until February 2003. I called Kevin after I read your post and he said "Oh yeah, I remember Zack, I was in his division." Tell Zack Kevin is thinking about the guys and hopes things will be okay.
My son is Ben Sidwell who is an E-6 and is assistant to the Chief Engineer. Zack would be in his department. He was also given responsibility for Training and I don't know what that entails. I am unfamiliar with the sub organizational or command structure. My son knows Zack and I told him that we were corresponding via this forum.
My son went thru the nuclear power training and then spent 2 years on the teaching staff at Bolliston Spa, NY. At the end of 2 years he was given orders for the Abraham Lincoln but he didn't want to be on a carrier, so he volunteered for the submarine service. Given his height, weight, and size 15 shoe, I thought he was quite courageous to go the submarine route.
I will tell Ben that we are corresponding. They have been thru a trying experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives.
The crew will recieve counseling in the next few days and as I told my son, "time is the best healer of all".
Best wishses to you and your family as well as all the crew and their families.
I question the thought of posting your son's name on a public forum.....especially since he is aboard a boat.
Maybe you can get the mods to delete his name and substitute it with xxx or something.