Five crew members had to abandon a sinking tug off the Oregon coast a week ago. Four were rescued by Coast Guard helicopter. The fifth did not make it ... he was found 30 hours later, dead from the effects of hypothermia, some 18 miles north of the location where the tug sank. The others were rescued fairly quickly, owing to the diligence and skill of the Coasties, and their night vision headsets. The missing crew member was wearing a survival suit, just like the rescued ones, but ... the CG believes his strobe was not functioning. They report it was easy with night vision gear to see the strobes attached to a life ring and the vessel's EPIRB despite high winds and 30 foot seas. Article is here (paste it back together or it won't work): http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_stand ard.xsl?/base/news/1041598828282230.xml -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jan 05 2003 - 02:30:40 PST
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