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Captain Jerry Boylan, now 70, sentenced to 4 years in prison.




https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/us/ca...ing/index.html

Bottom line is that if shit doesn't feel safe, don't go. Zero chance I would have gone in that claustrophobic box where 34 people are crammed into a room with 1 staircase out.

Boylan was judged guilty because he was the first one off the ship, did not attempt to fight the fire, did not train his crew, and did not require at least one crew member to watch overnight for fire or other emergencies.

Apparently there was a fire hose on the ship which drew water from the sea, giving it unlimited water to fight the fire. The crew was never trained on using this.

Surprisingly, this was the deadliest US maritime accident since the 1950s, and the deadliest US transportation accident of the 2010s. Who would have guessed that a diving boat fire would be the most deadly transportation accident of the last decade?