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silentwriter180 · 51-55, F
Just saw a more complete list. The number of people I knew on the boat jumped to seven.
This boat had high standards. With their tours of the boat and their escape hatches, which were later exposed. Investigators are now saying that they believe that the passengers down in the galley may have died from smoke inhalation before they even had the chance to escape. Most of them, if not all, were asleep, as it was 3:15 in the morning. They are still unsure just where the first started. One possibility is from a room in which everyone plugs in their phones, their cameras, their strobes, and such to prepare for the next day. Still going through every possibility.
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
@silentwriter180

So sorry, my friend.

😩
silentwriter180 · 51-55, F
Just learned that 30 of the 34 passengers have been recovered. Three of them, I knew as customers. *sigh*
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@silentwriter180

Devastating!

This area went through its own horrible boat mishap last summer when a sightseeing duck-boat was overwhelmed by weather at Tablerock lake and sank with 17 or 18 perishing.

I saw the news reports about the Conception, and a walkthrough of a similar boat.

I have trouble accepting that boat safety standards are so low.
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
Yes, I saw it on the news. So horrible. I hope you did not lose any friends.
silentwriter180 · 51-55, F
@JoyfulSilence Still waiting to hear.
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
@silentwriter180 So sorry.
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silentwriter180 · 51-55, F
@NoRegrets Because they were on deck for the night, and the other were all sleeping below.
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Heartlander · 80-89, M
The news reports say that 34 people were unaccounted for.

What a horrible piece of news.

My prayers for all involved.
dale74 · M
I am a diver also how sad
Peaches · F
Oh no! 😟 I have a friend who's son (he was only 19) went out for the first time with a fishing crew and the boat sank! They never found his body.💔
silentwriter180 · 51-55, F
@Peaches Sad news. It's never easy to find someone in the sea. Always devastating to those families and friends.
Peaches · F
@silentwriter180 YES! 😔
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@silentwriter180

Yes. I've done a few aerial searches for missing boats. The whitecap waves make it like looking for a toothpick in a haystack.

Emergency locator transmitters make it easier for rescuers to home-in, but when you don't get that it means that whatever happened happened pretty fast.

 
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