https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&fbclid=IwAR0ncToM5FPYM8NNwmeAsVRaF8uH0yYvcmoBowOrCzE8CaxlQ2_adndDBSkThey blamed the captain, but I read he was getting old weather data from the ships systems: that’s the owner’s responsibility, plus the pressure to cut safety to save time. To me that means the executives should have been up on involuntary manslaughter charges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&fbclid=IwAR0ncToM5FPYM8NNwmeAsVRaF8uH0yYvcmoBowOrCzE8CaxlQ2_adndDBSkIn the second paragraph it should be “Dames Point Bridge.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dames_Point_Bridge
Thank you for this post.
On October 1, 1971, the USS NEWPORT NEWS CA 148 was off the coast of North VietNam when a shell exploded and killed 20 US American sailors. May they Rest In Peace.
RIP to the lives lost..prayers for their families....my sister and bil own a house on San Salvador Island Bahamas, bil went down to check on property after the storm and locals had found a lot of debris presumably from the El Faro which went down SE of SS island...among the debris were a large number of packets of Frontline the flea/tick topical for pets...sad...
Somehow I didn’t hear about this when it happened. That bridge is the Dames Point bridge - not the Danes bridge. I was born and raised in Jax.
Thanks for the post.
... On behalf of my son. He just started commercial mariner work.
Isn’t this the one where excessively rusty hatch covers failed?
I moved to a new job in Baltimore in 2009. Driving near the harbor, I saw a very unusual blue ship with a white superstructure. It was the El Faro. I berthed in Baltimore very frequently and was a very odd looking ship.
To me, it didn’t really look like it was designed for ocean travel.
I don’t remember this. Thanks for posting it.
Prayers up for the family and friends who mourn their tragic loss.