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He said the crew would have known they were in trouble for some time and it seems incredible that these seasoned sailors had not prepared the life raft accordingly.
Blackwell said the owner of the Gulf Navigation Holdings ship needs to do more to locate the sunken ship, which was the key to answering the families’ questions.
“There are so many ‘what ifs’ unless they can get on that ship.
“That lifeboat … was shot or trapped and … the lifeboat and the men are at the bottom of the ocean.”
He said that if the boat was found with the large life raft still on it, families would know they might start crying.
“This heartbreaking hope that is happening will unfortunately be over, but at least everyone will know what they are dealing with.”
Desperate, Harris’s mother, Karen Adrian, is considering whether she can mortgage her home to finance a submersible to search for the sunken ship.
Blackwell said it appeared that authorities and the ship’s owners believed the men were dead and that is why they weren’t searching.
“If that’s what they believe, they need to tell us why they believe that … or they need to take a look at that ship and see what evidence there is.”
RNZ
