heartbreaking
Posted by cypresstx on 1/5/2016, 8:13 pm


their segment:  How the Navy films a shipwreck   http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/how-the-navy-films-a-shipwreck/

more on CURV 21 http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?id=92140

from the Navy's article in All Hands Online: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4300&tid=50&ct=4

Although the vessel was discovered, the search on the ocean floor continued. After finding the vessel it was determined the bridge was not intact, or attached to the ship. The crews meticulously searched the ocean floor for days trying to find the bridge that housed the mast and black box. Day and night the crews rotated and square miles of ocean floor were covered and until the bridge was found. After scouting the bridge, it was discovered the mast was detached from the bridge. Again, a multi-day search for the mast resumed but was ultimately not found.
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60 Minutes story on El Faro sinking - Chris in Tampa, 1/4/2016, 3:13 am
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