What strikes me from reading Yamamoto’s [sp?] acct is that he seems certain from the moment Fuddy’s grip relaxes that she’s dead. How cd he possibly have known she hadn’t simply fainted? If she *had* fainted, that wd be all the more reason for him to hold on more tightly, not just let go & allow her to drift away.
Precisely. What position. Or action did he take while she was holding his hand ?
Doesn’t float my boat. Speaking of boats.....
That brown - black thing to the left looks like a boat. Besides jackets are planes that fly over water also required to have inflatable boats? Why not?
If I am an investigator investigating THIS incident- I’m investigating further, based on the fact or the testimony or the recollection of all passengers, but especially because of Yamamoto’s story pertaining to Fuddy just letting go. You don’t let someone within your personal space go floating away, when you’ve both been bobbing in the ocean after having just survived a water ditching via aircraft, and, especially considering the fact that you’ve both been attached to each other up to that point. If the person is unconscious, that’s all the more the reason to assist. How do I know what caused the person to become unconscious? I instantly diagnose death and just let the person’s face plop into the water? Are you kidding me?