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A FISHING
BOAT IS GOING DOWN

OFF THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY.

WE'RE SINKIN' MAN.

GET UP, MAN.

MAYDAY, MAYDAY!

WATER IN MARCH IN
NEW JERSEY IS AS COLD

AS IT IS OFF KODIAK, ALASKA.

IN THE
DEADLY ATLANTIC,

THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS SLIM.

YOU JUST PRAY,
LORD, BE WITH 'EM.

NOTHIN' WE CAN DO.

A
FAMILY IS WIPED OUT,

AND THE FATHER BECOMES THE
TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION.

IT WAS A VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATION.

GONNA NEED TO SEE THEMODIFICATIONS TO THE LADY MARY.

Smith Sr.:DESPITE WHAT YOU
THINK, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

THEY WAS TRYING TO
PUT THE BOAT SINKING ON ME.

GOT TO HAVE A STRONG
BOAT, OR YOU'LL DIE.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, YOU'LL DIE.

ABANDON SHIP!

GO ON!

THAT AIN'T THE 152.

IN THE
NEAR-FREEZING WATERS

OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC, THE
FISHING BOAT, LADY MARY,

AND HER CREW OF SEVEN

ARE NEAR THE END OF THEIR
FIFTH DAY HAULING SCALLOPS.

THEY'RE WORKING ABOUT 75
MILES OFF CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY

IN A FERTILE FISHING GROUND
KNOWN AS THE ELEPHANT TRUNK.

THE CAPTAIN IS ROYAL SMITH. JR.,

BUT EVERYONE CALLS HIM BOBO.

HEY, DAD.

BOBO, HOW YOU ALL
DOING OUT THERE?

YEAH, IT'S
PRETTY GOOD, DAD.

AH, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

YOUR MAMA BEEN ASKING FOR YOU.

TELL MAMA WE'RE
OKAY AND WE LOVE HER.

THE
41-YEAR-OLD CAPTAIN

IS A THIRD-GENERATION FISHERMAN.

HIS FATHER, ROYAL SENIOR,

TAUGHT HIM TO FISH
WHEN HE WAS A BOY.

MY BOYS, MYBOYS WENT OUT DURING THE SUMMER.

THEY WENT ON THE BOAT
WITH THEIR GRANDDADDY.

SO, ALL OF THEM KNOW WHAT TO DO.

ALL RIGHT DAD, I
CHECK IN WITH YOU LATER.

SOUND GOOD, SON,
SOUND GOOD, ALL RIGHT.

BOBO'S FATHER
IS KNOWN AS CAPTAIN FUZZY.

HE OWNS THE LADY MARY
AND SPENT TWO YEARS

RE-FITTING HER TO
HANDLE THE ROUGH WATERS

OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

WHEN I GOT THROUGH
WITH MISS LADY MARY,

FIXING IT JUST LIKE I WANTED IT.

'CAUSE I KNEW WHAT
KIND OF BOAT I NEEDED

TO HANDLE THE WEATHER.

NAMED
AFTER HIS MOTHER,

THE 71-FOOT BOAT IS
HIS PRIDE AND JOY.

LADY MARY IS FITTED WITH A STEELDREDGE TO HARVEST SCALLOPS,

AN ENCLOSED PROCESSING AREA,

AND HOLDS THAT CAN STORE
22,000 POUNDS OF SCALLOPS.

WHEW!

GRAB YOURSELF SOME TEA,
KETTLE'S STILL HOT.

BOBO'S
YOUNGER BROTHER TIMOTHY,

OR TIMBO, IS ALSO ON BOARD.

OOH, HERE YOU GO.

CELEBRATE TODAY'S CATCH.

OH YEAH.

HE USUALLY
WORKS AS CAPTAIN

ON THEIR OTHER SHIP.

BUT ON THIS TRIP, HE'S
JUST ONE OF THE CREW.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO FILL UP BY TOMORROW

IF THE WEATHER'S KIND TO US.

KNOCK ON
WOOD FOR THAT.

ACCORDING
TO TIMBO'S WIFE,

THE FAMILY DECIDED
TO JOIN FORCES

ON THIS TRIP HOPING
TO SAVE MONEY.

AFTER A WINTER OF NOTMAKIN' ANY MONEY, YOU KNOW,

LET'S EVERYBODY GO OUT.

THIS WAY EVERYBODY GET
SOME MONEY IN THEIR POCKET

AND THEN WE'LL SPLIT UP.

YOU GUYS
ARE GETTIN' OLD.

I THOUGHT I WAS THE
OLD ONE IN THE GROUP.

FUZZY'S
BROTHER BERNIE MAC

AND COUSIN FRANKIE HELP
ROUND OUT THE CREW OF SEVEN,

EMPTYING THE NET AND
SHUCKING THE SCALLOPS.

IT'S HARD WORK,
BUT THEY LOVED IT.

THIS A FISHING FAMILY
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

WHAT YOU THINK?

I THINK
MORE WORK, LESS TALK.

OKAY,
OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

I FELT MORE
SECURE, SAFE,

WHATEVER THE
RIGHT WORD IS,

WITH THEM ON THE BOAT
BECAUSE TIMBO WAS A CAPTAIN,

BERNIE WAS A CAPTAIN, BOBO WAS,

I GOT THREE CAPTAINS
ON ONE BOAT.

WELL, BETTER
GET BACK TO WORK.

LOT OF SCALLOPS NEED CUTTING.

OH YEAH.

BESIDES LADY MARY,

THERE ARE OTHER FISHING BOATS

WORKING THE REGULATED WATERS
OF THE ELEPHANT TRUNK.

CAPTAIN MIKE POTTER
COMMANDS ONE OF THEM.

PROBABLY 35 OR 40 OF
US OUT THERE WORKING.

POTTER KNOWS
FUZZY AND HIS SONS VERY WELL.

WE TALK TO EACH
OTHER OUT HERE.

WE TELL EACH OTHER
WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE TRY AND HELP EACH
OTHER, YOU KNOW?

BIT OF BAD WEATHER WAS
COMING, BUT CATCH WAS GREAT.

WE WERE DOING GOOD.

WE WERE DOING REAL WELL.

A FULL
LOAD OF SEA SCALLOPS

IS WORTH UP TO $170,000.

OH, OH!

OH, I THINK I FOUND ONE, ITHINK I'VE GOT A GOOD ONE HERE.

OH, WOULD YOU COME ON!

LET'S GO HERE.

COME ON, WE
GOTTA GET THIS DONE.

SO FAR, THEY'VE
FILLED 200 50-POUND BAGS.

ALL THEY NEED IS 50 MORE
TO FILL THEIR QUOTA.

ONE MORE DAY COULD DO IT,

BUT TONIGHT, THE WEATHER IS
TAKING A TURN FOR THE WORSE.

WE WERE ALL TALKING
ABOUT THAT WEATHER COMIN' UP,

HERE COMES THE WEATHER
AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

WE ALL DECIDED TO STAY.

WITH A
QUOTA ON THEIR CATCH,

AND OPERATING COSTS
LIKE FUEL, FOOD,

AND ICE FOR THE SCALLOPS, IT
ALL PUTS PRESSURE ON CAPTAINS

TO STAY OUT EVEN
IN ROUGH WEATHER.

MARIO VITTONE IS A CONSULTANT

AND MARINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR.

HE UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFICULTCHOICES FISHERMEN HAVE TO MAKE.

THEY ONLY HAVE SO MUCHTIME TO MAKE THEIR CATCH,

AND SO THE WEATHER
DOESN'T MATTER.

THIS IS MY TIME PERIOD AND
IF I DON'T FILL MY BOAT,

I DON'T MAKE MONEY.

IT'S GRUELING WORK.

AND THE VERY NATURE

OF HOW THEY HARVEST THE
SCALLOPS IS DANGEROUS.

TO GET SCALLOPS
FROM THE SEA FLOOR,

THEY LOWER A HEAVY STEEL
NET ATTACHED TO A FRAME,

KNOWN AS A DREDGE.

IT'S DRAGGED ALONG THE BOTTOM
UNTIL IT'S FULL OF SCALLOPS.

IF IT GETS CAUGHT
AND YOU POWER OUT OF IT,

YOU CAN FLIP YOUR BOAT.

SO, THE DREDGE, IT'S DANGEROUS.

OKAY GUYS!

JOSE, YOU'RE DONE FOR THE NIGHT.

YOU GO GRAB SOME SHUT-EYE.

ALL RIGHT, BUENOS
NOCHES, AMIGOS.

GOOD NIGHT.

WAIT A MINUTE, I
THOUGHT WE WERE FAMILY.

YOU GONNA LET HIM GO FIRST?

MOST OF THE CREW

WILL KEEP WORKING
INTO THE NIGHT,

ALL EXCEPT TIMBO AND
CREW MEMBER JOSE ARIAS.

JOSE, WHO SPEAKS MAINLY SPANISH,

HAS BEEN A VALUABLE CREWMEMBER
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

ROUGH NIGHT!

YEAH.

YEAH.

I'M TIRED,
MAN, I'M TIRED.

SI, AMIGO.

YEAH, YEAH.

WORK, WORK, WORK.

GO UNTIL YOU DROP.

EVERY DAY, YOU GET YOU
ABOUT FOUR-HOUR NAP,

YOU GET UP AND GO AGAIN.

GOODNIGHT, MAN.

THEN, AROUND
FIVE IN THE MORNING,

SOMETHING GOES WRONG.

DAMMIT!

THE BOAT
IS LISTING DANGEROUSLY

TO ITS PORT SIDE.

COME ON GIRL.

STEADY UP, STEADY UP!

STAY WITH ME, GIRL, STAY WITH ME

DAMMIT.

COME ON, GIRL!

CAPTAIN BOBO
STRUGGLES TO RIGHT THE SHIP,

BUT IT'S NOT WORKING.

OH, JOSE!

JOSE!

GET UP!

ICY SEAWATER
IS POURING IN BELOW DECKS.

GET OUT, GET OUT!

WE'RE SINKING, MAN!

COME ON, MAN, WE'RE SINKING!

-MAN?
-I DON'T KNOW!

THEY NEED TO
GET OUT FAST OR BE TRAPPED.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO!

IT'S HARD TO
TELL WHY THE SHIP IS FLOODING,

BUT IT'S CLEAR
THEY'RE SINKING FAST.

THERE'S CONFUSION,
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY YELLING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME
THERE IS TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND

AND SEE WHAT'S GOING
ON AT THAT POINT.

IT HAS GOT TO BE
JUST TERRIFYING.

WITH WATER
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING,

THEY RACE TO GET TO
THE SURVIVAL SUITS

STORED UP IN THE WHEELHOUSE.

CAN THEY GET THERE IN TIME?

ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE,

SEVEN CREW MEMBERS
OF THE LADY MARY

ARE IN A FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES,

THE BOAT IS SINKING
IN THE COLD ATLANTIC.

GRAB YOUR SUITS!

WE NEED TO ABANDON SHIP, NOW!

TIMBO AND JOSE
MAKE IT TO THE WHEELHOUSE

AND GRAB SURVIVAL SUITS.

IT'S A TERRIFYING MOMENT
JOSE ARIAS WILL NEVER FORGET.

WHEN I GOT UP
AND WENT UPSTAIRS

TO PUT ON A SUIT, THE BOAT
WAS ALREADY TIPPED OVER

AND TAKING IN WATER TOO MUCH.

I GOT VERY DESPERATE
TO THE POINT

WHERE I COULD ALMOST
NOT PUT ON THE SUIT.

AN IMMERSION
SUIT CAN DELAY THE ONSET

OF DEADLY HYPOTHERMIA FROM
MINUTES TO PRECIOUS HOURS.

WITHOUT ANYTHING
ON, DEFINITELY LIKE THAT,

YOU CANNOT SURVIVE.

COME ON GUYS!

COME ON!

OKAY, GO!

THE WATER IN
MARCH IN NEW JERSEY

IS AS COLD AS IT IS
OFF KODIAK, ALASKA.

AND COLD WATER IS FIVE
TIMES MORE DANGEROUS

THAN WATER ITSELF.

IT'S NOT THE SAME THING.

JOSE AND TIMBO

HAVE GOT THEIR
SURVIVAL SUITS ON.

IN THESE TEMPERATURES, THOSESUITS ARE THE CREW'S BEST HOPE.

THE BOAT IS NOW LISTING
HEAVILY TO ONE SIDE.

A THIRD OF THE AFT DECK
IS ALREADY UNDER WATER.

THE LADY MARY IS SINKING.

MAYDAY!

MAYDAY!

JUST MILES AWAY,

-MAYDAY!
-MIKE POTTER HEARS

A FRANTIC MAYDAY CALL.

-MAYDAY!
-I THINK IT WAS BOBO.

THE VOICE WAS SO SHOOK UP.

IT WAS SCREAMING.

MAYDAY!

MAY!

IT'LL GIVE YA
GOOSEBUMPS, YEAH.

NO COORDINATES
ARE HEARD IN THE MAYDAY.

MAYDAY!

MAYDAY!

CAPTAIN POTTER
HAS NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE.

IT WAS NIGHTTIME.

BLOWING, IT WAS
FOGGY, IT WAS RAINING.

COME ON, COME ON.

I COULDN'T EVEN
SEE 25 YARDS.

FISHERMEN TRY
TO HAIL THE STRICKEN VESSEL,

BUT THERE'S NO ANSWER.

AH, COME ON!

THE CREW
IS ABANDONING SHIP.

THAT WAS
WHEN THE WATER TOOK ME.

IT HAPPENED VERY FAST.

I HAD TO THROW
MYSELF TO THE WATER.

LEAVING THE VESSEL ANDBEING A PERSON IN THE WATER

IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
THING IN MARITIME.

IF YOU FALL IN THE
WATER AND GET LOST,

YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO
DIE AND THERE'S A 40% CHANCE

YOU WILL NOT BE FOUND AGAIN
AT ALL, ALIVE OR DEAD.

THOSE
WHO DON'T MAKE IT

INTO IMMERSION
SUITS WON'T SURVIVE.

THOSE WHO DO ARE IN A
FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES

AS THE LADY MARY GOES DOWN

IN THE FRIGID WATERS
OF THE ATLANTIC.

IT IS BRUTAL.

IT'S AN ASSAULT ON THE LARGEST

ORGAN IN YOUR BODY, YOUR SKIN.

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE
AN IMMERSION SUIT ON

DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
GUARANTEED TO SURVIVE.

JOSE ARIAS
HAS A STROKE OF LUCK,

HE FINDS A WOODEN
BOARD AND GRABS HOLD.

IN THE DARKNESS, HE CAN HEAR
SOMEONE CALLING HIS NAME.

JOSE!

JOSE!

TIMBO!

TIMBO!

JOSE!

JOSE!

THEY WERE IN THE WATER

AND THEY WOULD CALL BACK TOEACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, HEY JOSE!

YOU KNOW, HEY TIMBO!

JOSE!

TIMBO!

JOSE, HE SAID, YOU
KNOW, EVENTUALLY,

HE DIDN'T HEAR HIM
CALL OUT ANYMORE.

TIMBO!

TIMBO!

VERY QUICKLY, YOU
LOSE YOUR ABILITY

TO MOVE YOUR ARMS AND LEGS
AND THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T SWIM

AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE DROWNING.

ALONE
AND LOSING STRENGTH,

JOSE STRUGGLES NOT
TO GIVE UP HOPE.

I ASKED
MY CREATOR,

IF I CAME OUT OF THIS WITH LIFE,

NEVER AGAIN WOULD I GO BACK
TO THE WORK OF THE OCEAN.

WE ALL WERE
LOOKING FOR THEM.

I JUST GOT OVER CLOSE TO WHERE
I THOUGHT THE BOAT WENT DOWN

AND HOPEFULLY WHEN
THE SUN WOULD COME UP,

WE WOULD FIND SOMEBODY ALIVE.

BUT YOU JUST PRAY
LORD, BE WITH THEM.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

FOR
THOSE IN THE WATER,

THEIR LAST HOPE IS
LADY MARY'S EPIRB,

OR EMERGENCY POSITION
INDICATING RADIO BEACON.

IT ACTIVATES AUTOMATICALLY

TO TELL THE COAST
GUARD WHERE THEY ARE.

MORE THAN 65 MILES AWAY,

THE COAST GUARD AIR
STATION IN ATLANTIC CITY

LAUNCHES A SEARCH.

RESCUE SWIMMER LAKE
DOWNHAM IS ON DUTY.

HE KNOWS THAT ONCE
THEY REACH THE SITE,

THEY'LL ONLY HAVE ABOUT HALF
AN HOUR TO FIND SURVIVORS

AND PULL THEM FROM THE WATER

BEFORE LOW FUEL FORCES
THEM BACK TO BASE.

WE'RE LOOKING
FOR BOATS,

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING

THAT MAY BE IN THE AREA OF
THIS EPIRB THAT'S GOING OFF.

THE WEATHER, THE OCEAN, IT'S
A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT.

EVEN US FLYING OVER
IT IS DANGEROUS.

SO, IF YOU'RE NOT ON YOUR
GAME, IT'LL BITE YOU.

WITHIN MINUTES
OF ARRIVING ON THE SCENE,

THEY SPOT A SPECK
OF RED IN THE WATER.

WE JUST SAW A COLOR.

SOMEBODY SAID, IT'S A
BUOY, IT'S NOT A BUOY.

IT'S A, IT'S A PERSON,
A SURVIVAL SUIT.

IT'S JOSE.

OH, I FELT
A GREAT JOY.

I WAVED TO THEM SO THAT THEY
WOULD COME BACK AND HELP ME.

I WAS CLINGING TO THE BOARD.

YOU COULD SEE
HIM WAVING,

SO I KNEW HE WAS ALIVE
AND HAPPY TO SEE US, SO.

THE ADRENALINE STARTS PUMPING,

AND I KNEW I WAS GONNA BE
GETTING IN TO THE WATER.

JOSE BEING FOUND AT SEA

IS PART THE SKILL
OF THE COAST GUARD

IN MAKING A GOOD SEARCH PATTERN,

BUT IT HAS TO BE A
STROKE OF LUCK AS WELL.

LAKE
DOWNHAM PLUNGES

INTO THE NEAR FREEZING SEA.

AND POWERS THROUGH THE
WAVES TO RESCUE JOSE.

IT'S A GREAT
FEELING WHEN YOU GO,

WHEN YOU GO HELP SOMEBODY.

THEN,
THE NEXT CHALLENGE.

JOSE WANTS TO BRING
THE WOODEN BOARD

THAT'S BEEN KEEPING HIM ALIVE.

IT SAVED HIS LIFE.

SO, HE HAD A LITTLE EMOTIONAL
BOND WITH THAT PLANK.

SO, WE GOT RID OF
THAT REAL QUICK

'CAUSE WE DON'T RESCUE BOARDS.

COAST GUARD
RESCUERS HAVE PULLED

THREE OF THE SEVEN
CREW OUT OF THE WATER,

BOBO AND TIMBO SMITH
AND JOSE ARIAS.

I WENT UP
TO THE HOSPITAL

AND I HEAR CARINNA
SCREAM.

YEP, AND I, I KNEW THEN

THAT IT WASN'T NO GOOD NEWS.

TIMBO AND
BOBO SMITH ARE GONE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE
THEM IN THAT POSITION.

AND I WOULDN'T GO IN THERE.

SO, I KNEW THAT THEY
HAD PASSED AWAY.

I KNEW THAT THEY HAD PASSED.

CAN I TAKE A MINUTE?

TIM WAS, HE WAS THE BEST.

HE REALLY WAS.

HE WAS MY SOULMATE.

THEY WAS
WONDERFUL BOYS.

MY LIFE IS EMPTY WITHOUT THEM.

I REMEMBER THEM AS
GOOD, HAPPY PEOPLE.

THEY HAD YOUR BACK IF
YOU EVER NEEDED IT.

AND THOSE GUYS
WERE SPECIAL REALLY

BECAUSE THEY WERE
LIKE BROTHERS TO ME.

37 HOURS
AFTER THE SINKING,

THE SEARCH FOR THE REST
OF THE MISSING FISHERMEN

IS CALLED OFF.

SIX OUT OF SEVEN OF
THE CREW ARE DEAD,

INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS
OF FUZZY'S FAMILY.

JOSE IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR.

EVEN IN AN INDUSTRY
SO USED TO TRAGEDY,

IT'S A SHOCKING LOSS.

I NEED YOU TO GET
ON THIS RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S
THE COAST GUARD'S JOB

TO MAKE SURE IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

KYLE MCAVOY WILL LEAD
THE INVESTIGATION.

THE FACT THAT IT WAS
A COMMERCIAL VESSEL

AND THERE WAS SUCH
CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF LIFE,

I WAS TASKED WITH RUNNING
A FORMAL INVESTIGATION

INTO THE SINKING
OF THE LADY MARY.

NAVAL
ARCHITECT, TRACY PHILLIPS,

ALSO JOINS THE TEAM.

TAKE THIS ONE HERE?

PLEASE.

IT WAS A LITTLE
OVERWHELMING AT FIRST

TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR
SUCH A IMPORTANT TASK

GIVEN THE NUMBER OF LOSSES
OF LIFE IN THIS INCIDENT.

WITH THE LADY MARY

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC,

IT WILL TAKE ALL THEIR
INGENUITY TO FIND OUT

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHIP
AND WHY SIX MEN ARE DEAD.

BUENOS DIAS.

THANKS FOR COMING IN.

WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER FOR YOU.

U.S. COAST
GUARD INVESTIGATORS

LOOKING INTO THE
LOSS OF THE LADY MARY

HAVE AN OBVIOUS STARTING
POINT, JOSE ARIAS.

AS THE LONE
SURVIVOR OF THE CASE,

A LOT OF JOSE'S
OBSERVATIONS WERE CRITICAL

TO HOW WE DEVELOPED THINGS
THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT

FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE STANDPOINT.

WE NEED YOU TO
TELL US EVERYTHING

YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT DAY.

IT WAS REALLYIMPORTANT TO GET HIS TESTIMONY,

AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENED ON THE VESSEL

DURING THE DAYS LEADING
UP TO THE INCIDENT

AND THEN THE DAY
OF THE INCIDENT.

JOSE TELLS THEM
EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL

WHEN HE AND TIMBO
FINISHED THEIR SHIFT.

ROUGH NIGHT.

YEAH.

YEAH, MAN.

I'M TIRED, MAN, I'M TIRED.

SI AMIGO.

YEAH, YEAH.

HE
COULD HEAR THE SOUNDS

OF THE CREW WORKING AS USUAL.

HE NEVER HEARD ANY
STRANGE MECHANICAL SOUNDS.

HE WAS ABLE TO HEAR THE WINCH

THAT PICKS UP THE SCALLOP
DREDGE FROM HIS BUNKROOM

AND HE WAS ABLE TO HEAR
THE ENGINES RUNNING.

THE NEXT THING
HE KNEW, THEY WERE SINKING.

OH, JOSE!

JOSE!

GET UP!

GET UP, GET OUT!

WE'RE SINKING MAN!

COME ON MAN, WE'RE SINKING!

WE'RE SINKING!

JUST GO, LET'S GO!

JOSE TELLS THEMTHE BOAT WAS LISTING 30 DEGREES

TO ITS PORT SIDE
AND FLOODING FAST.

HE NEVER HEARD
A GENERAL ALARM.

HE NEVER HEARD ANY
TYPES OF EXPLOSIONS.

HE DIDN'T SEE ANY SMOKE.

WHEN HE WENT UP TO
THE PILOT HOUSE,

HE SAW THE CAPTAIN, BOBO,
AT THE WHEEL OF THE VESSEL.

GRAB YOUR SUITS!

WE NEED TO ABANDON SHIP, NOW!

JOSE REMEMBERS
BOBO AT THE HELM

DESPERATE TO SAVE THE SHIP.

COME ON GUYS!

COME ON!

BY THEN,
IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE.

WHEN HE ACTUALLY MADE ITOUT ONTO THE OPEN BACK DECK,

YOU KNOW, ABOUT A
THIRD OF THE AFT DECK

WAS ALREADY UNDER WATER.

THE VESSEL WAS
PROBABLY BEYOND

RECOVERY AT THAT POINT.

GRACIAS.

THANKS FOR COMING IN.

GRACIAS, THANK YOU.

INVESTIGATORSBELIEVE THE SPEED OF THE SINKING

DIDN'T LEAVE THE CAPTAIN AND
CREW MUCH TIME TO ESCAPE.

BUT THEY KNOW LITTLE
MORE THAN THAT.

WE HAD NOTHING TO GO ON

AS TO WHAT HAPPENED
TO LEAD TO THAT STATE

BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THEOTHER SIX MEMBERS HAD PERISHED.

ONE THING
INVESTIGATORS DO HAVE

IS A TROUBLING DETAIL IN
THE TIMELINE OF THE RESCUE.

THE LADY MARY
SINKS AT 0540,

YET THE COAST GUARD ISN'T
NOTIFIED UNTIL 0700.

THIS GAP HERE
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THE COAST
GUARD WASN'T NOTIFIED

UNTIL AN HOUR AND 27 MINUTES

AFTER LADY MARY'S EMERGENCY
BEACON WAS TRIGGERED.

BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED,

THE CREW HAD BEEN IN THE
WATER FOR ALMOST THREE HOURS.

WATER TEMPERATURE,
41 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

PROBABLE SURVIVAL
TIME 1.5 HOURS.

THE DELAY
MEANT THEY WERE IN THE WATER

FOR UP TO TWICE THE
PROBABLE SURVIVAL TIME.

WE COULD HAVE
MADE IT IN TIME.

I DO THINK PEOPLE
COULD HAVE SURVIVED.

LOOKING AT THE FUNCTIONAL
SURVIVAL TIME OF SOMEBODY,

IT IS PROBABLE THAT
BOTH TIMBO AND BOBO

MAY HAVE STILL BEEN ALIVE

BECAUSE THEY WERE
IN EXPOSURE SUITS.

IT'S
MORE DEVASTATING NEWS

FOR THE SMITH FAMILY WHO'VE
BURIED THEIR TWO SONS.

EVERYTHING JUST
KEPT ON MOVING,

EXCEPT ME.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS
A PRETTY BAD TIME.

THAT WAS A PRETTY BAD TIME.

FUZZY WENT INTO A DEEP
STATE OF DEPRESSION,

AS ANYBODY WOULD, YOU
KNOW, HE LOST HIS BROTHER.

HE LOST HIS TWO SONS.

DETERMINING
WHAT CAUSED THE TRAGIC DELAY

IN THE RESCUE WILL TAKE TIME.

INVESTIGATORS TURN THEIR
ATTENTION TO THE BOAT ITSELF.

PERHAPS ITS HISTORY
WILL PROVIDE A NEW LEAD.

THE VESSEL
WAS BUILT IN 1969.

LOOKS LIKE THE LADY MARYHAD SOME WORK DONE ON HER.

LADY MARY
WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT

IN PASCAGOULA,
MISSISSIPPI AS A SHRIMPER

AND WAS CONVERTED
TO HARVEST SCALLOPS.

FOR INVESTIGATORS,
IT'S A RED FLAG.

CHANGES TO A BOAT'S
ORIGINAL DESIGN

SOMETIMES CREATE
PROBLEMS WITH STABILITY,

A BOAT'S ABILITY TO STAY UPRIGHT

IN THE FACE OF LARGE
WAVES AND HIGH WINDS.

THERE'S THIS
TIPPING POINT.

AND IF YOUR BOAT
HAS BEEN CHANGED

AND YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THE STABILITY IS,

YOU CAN PUSH YOURSELF
BEYOND THAT LIMIT.

INVESTIGATORS
NEED TO KNOW

IF THE CONVERSION
WAS DONE PROPERLY.

THEY BOOK A SERIES OF MEETINGS
WITH FUZZY TO FIND OUT MORE.

WE WENT TO HIS OFFICE
DOWN IN CAPE MAY.

IT WAS A VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATION.

CAPTAIN SMITH, I'M
GONNA NEED TO SEE

THE MODIFICATIONS
MADE TO THE LADY MARY.

FUZZY
SMITH AND HIS LAWYER

ARE EXPECTING THE
COAST GUARD'S SCRUTINY

AND FUZZY DOESN'T
HESITATE TO COOPERATE.

THERE HAD BEEN A LOTOF MODIFICATIONS TO THE VESSEL,

PARTICULARLY TO THE
SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE VESSEL,

IN THAT IT USED TO HAVE ONLY
ONE LEVEL OF SUPERSTRUCTURE

AND THEN FUZZY HAD LATER
ADDED A SECOND LEVEL.

FUZZY'S CHANGES
INCLUDED A PROCESSING AREA

WHERE THE SCALLOPS COULD BE
CUT AND PUT ON ICE EACH DAY,

AN EXTENSION TO THE STERN,

AND A NEW WHEELHOUSE
UP ON THE SECOND LEVEL.

ALL OF THOSE CHANGES ADDED
A LOT OF EXTRA WEIGHT.

JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS,WHAT IS THIS MODIFICATION HERE?

WE DID ASK A LOT OFQUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODIFICATION

TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WEIGHT
WAS ADDED TO THE VESSEL,

WHERE THAT WEIGHT WAS ADDED

BECAUSE THAT ALL FACTORS INTO
THE STABILITY OF THE VESSEL.

TO CONFIRM THE
MODIFICATIONS WERE SAFE,

INVESTIGATORS WANT TO
KNOW WHO DESIGNED THEM.

WHO WAS YOUR
NAVAL ARCHITECT?

I DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

MAY I ASK WHY NOT?

I DIDN'T NEED TO.

FUZZY'S
RESPONSE IS TROUBLING.

INSTEAD OF HIRING
A NAVAL ARCHITECT,

HE DESIGNED ALMOST
EVERYTHING HIMSELF.

WE KNOW THAT MAKING
CHANGES TO BOATS

WITHOUT INVOLVING AN
ARCHITECT AND PLANNING

TO SEE WHAT IT DOES TO YOUR
STABILITY IS A BAD IDEA.

IF IT'S JUST, HEY, WHAT DO
I WANT TO DO TO MY BOAT?

AND I'LL WELD THIS THING HERE
AND PUT IN A WEDGE THERE.

AND NO ONE'S DONE THE MATH

ON HOW THAT WILL
AFFECT THE OPERATION.

INVESTIGATORS NEED TO KNOW

IF CAPTAIN FUZZY'S MODIFICATIONS

SOMEHOW MADE THE LADY
MARY DANGEROUSLY UNSAFE.

THEY WAS TRYING TO
PUT THE BOAT SINKING ON ME.

HUH?

COAST
GUARD INVESTIGATORS

ARE INTENSELY QUESTIONING
CAPTAIN FUZZY SMITH.

DID THE MODIFICATIONS
HE DESIGNED

CAUSE THE LADY MARY TO SINK?

DESPITE WHAT YOU
THINK, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT SIR,

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
HERE TO FIND OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF
FUZZY WOULD ALWAYS FEEL

THAT WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER.

AND RIGHTLY SO, THERE
WAS THE GOVERNMENT

TRYING TO PICK
APART CERTAIN THINGS

AND UNDERSTAND DETAILS THAT
ARE VERY, VERY SENSITIVE.

WHAT IS THIS
MODIFICATION HERE?

MAN, I WAS SHOWINGTHEM WHAT I'D DONE TO THAT BOAT.

I EXTENDED THE STERN.

EVERYBODY
QUIETENED UP

BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT
I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I ADDED SOME
CONCRETE TO THE BALLAST.

THE MORE CAPTAIN
FUZZY EXPLAINS WHAT HE DID,

THE MORE INVESTIGATORS
CAN SEE HIS CHANGES

DIDN'T CAUSE THE ACCIDENT.

WE CAN TELL THAT
FUZZY WAS WORKING HARD

TO IMPROVE THE VESSEL

AND TO MAKE IT A
BETTER SHIP TO WORK ON.

AS YOU CAN SEE,
IT'S ALL IN ORDER.

FUZZY ADDED
SOME BALLAST

TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE VESSEL

AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE
ADDED THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.

AND SO, WE DON'T HAVE
ANY REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT THE STABILITY OF THE
VESSEL PLAYED A FACTOR.

INVESTIGATORS ARE
GOING TO NEED ANOTHER LEAD.

WHAT ABOUT THE DREDGE

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

WHAT IF THEY HAD SOME
SORT OF PROBLEM WITH IT?

THERE HAVE
BEEN INCIDENTS WHERE

THE SCALLOP DREDGE

GETS HOOKED ON SOMETHING THAT'SON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

AND THAT PULLS ON THE
VESSEL AT A STRANGE ANGLE

AND IT CAUSES THE VESSEL
TO ROLL OR CAPSIZE.

PERHAPS THE SCALLOP DREDGE
HAD GOTTEN HOOKED ON SOMETHING

AND CAUSED THE VESSEL TO SINK.

THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THE DREDGE

CAUSED THE SINKING
FITS JOSE'S TESTIMONY

THAT THE CREW WAS WORKING
WHEN HE WENT BELOW.

THE ONLY WAY WE
COULD DETERMINE THAT

WAS TO GET EYES ON THE VESSEL.

ABOARD THE
COAST GUARD CUTTER WILLOW,

THE TEAM ARRIVES AT
THE SITE WHERE SONAR

HAS LOCATED A WRECK 210 FEET
BELOW ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

CAMERAS ON AN UNDERWATER ROV

WILL ALLOW THEM TO SEE IF IT'S
THE BOAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

THERE SHE IS.

THE LADY
MARY COMES INTO VIEW.

I REMEMBER IT
CLEAR AS DAY.

WE COULD SEE THE
OUTLINE OF THE VESSEL.

I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY WAS TALKING.

WE WERE JUST ALL LOOKING DOWN

AND WATCHING THE SCREEN AS
THEY APPROACHED THE VESSEL.

THE
LADY MARY IS UPRIGHT

AND APPEARS ALMOST
PERFECTLY INTACT.

UP TO THAT POINT,
WE HAD NO IDEA

WHETHER IT WOULD
BE SITTING UPRIGHT,

WHETHER IT WOULD BE UPSIDE DOWN.

SO, THERE WAS A LOT OF
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT,

YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELPED
CLARIFY THE PICTURE.

CAN YOU GET
TO THE STERN?

THEY
KNOW IF THE DREDGE

DID CATCH ON THE SEA FLOOR
AND CAUSED THE SINKING,

IT WON'T BE ABOARD THE SHIP.

THE ROV CAME UP OVER
THE TRANSOM OF THE VESSEL

AND LOOKED DOWN
ON THE MAIN DECK.

AND THEN THE FIRST
THING WE NOTICED

WAS THAT THE SCALLOP DREDGE

WAS SITTING THERE
ON THE MAIN DECK.

IT'S PROOF
THEIR THEORY IS WRONG.

WELL, IT
WASN'T THE DREDGE.

IT WAS A
BIG SURPRISE TO US

BECAUSE THE INITIAL THOUGHT
WAS THAT THE SCALLOP DREDGE

HAD GOTTEN HOOKED ON SOMETHING

AND SO WE WERE IMMEDIATELY ABLE

TO RULE THAT OUT AS A SCENARIO.

SO, OUR NEXT QUESTION WAS,
WELL, WHAT DID HAPPEN?

CAN YOU MOVE IN ON THIS?

LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME
DEBRIS TORN OFF THE SHIP.

THERE'S
ANOTHER SURPRISE.

THAT'S THE RUDDER!

THE STERN
AREA HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE.

NOT ONLY IS THE RUDDER TORN OFF,

THE PROPELLER IS BADLY BENT.

WHAT ON EARTH
HAPPENED TO THIS SHIP?

WE WERE NOT
EXPECTING TO SEE

THAT TYPE OF DAMAGE
TO THE VESSEL.

AND SO, WE IMMEDIATELY
STARTED TRYING TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED
THAT KIND OF DAMAGE.

THE WATER'S
TOO MURKY TO ANALYZE

THE DAMAGE IN DETAIL.

THE TEAM'S GOING TO
NEED ANOTHER APPROACH.

ROVS CAN'T PUT THEIR
HANDS ON ANYTHING.

ALL YOU GET FROM AN ROV IS
THAT WINDOW OF A PICTURE

AND NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE.

AND THAT'S WHAT
DIVERS CAN BRING BACK.

ENTER STEVE
GATTO, A TECHNICAL DIVER

WITH 30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE
EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS.

HE AND HIS TEAM
REGULARLY VOLUNTEER

TO HELP OUT ON INVESTIGATIONS.

LOOKING AT THIS WRECK
IN 210 FEET OF WATER,

SITTING UPRIGHT, NOT
A THING WRONG WITH IT.

THEN I GOT TO THE STERN,
AND WHEN I GOT TO THE STERN,

IT WAS QUITE EVIDENT

THAT WHATEVER SANK THE
LADY MARY HAPPENED HERE.

THERE'S WHERE ALL
THE DAMAGE WAS.

STEVE IS CONVINCED
HE KNOWS WHAT CAUSED IT.

THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE

TO THE FIVE-INCH PROPELLER
SHAFT AND PROPELLER,

KIND OF A SMOKING GUN FOR ME.

IN MY MIND, THIS
WAS A COLLISION.

INVESTIGATORS NOW
FACE A DISTURBING POSSIBILITY

WAS THE LADY MARY THE VICTIM
OF A HIGH SEAS HIT-AND-RUN?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WHEN INVESTIGATORS
SEE THE DIVE PHOTOS,

THEY'RE ALSO INTRIGUED
BY THE DAMAGE.

BUT IF IT WAS A COLLISION,

THEY'LL NEED MORE
PROOF THAN THIS.

IT IS A FAIR
AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.

YEAH.

THE RUDDER WAS NO
LONGER ATTACHED TO THE VESSEL.

IT WAS LAYING ON THE SEAFLOOR.

THE STERN RAMP OF THE VESSEL
WAS PRESSED IN ON ONE SIDE.

SO, WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED
TRYING TO FULLY INVESTIGATE

WHETHER THERE WAS
A COLLISION OR NOT.

IT WOULDN'T
BE THE FIRST TIME.

THE ELEPHANT TRUNK
FISHING GROUND

IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
HIGH-TRAFFIC AREA

FILLED WITH SHIPS

MANY ON ROUTE TO DELAWARE BAY.

SERVICING AROUND 3,000
CARGO SHIPS EACH YEAR,

IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST PORTCOMPLEXES IN THE UNITED STATES.

EVERY DAY ENORMOUS SHIPS PASS
THROUGH THE ELEPHANT TRUNK,

MANY OF THEM AT SPEEDS FAST
ENOUGH TO WATER SKI BEHIND.

IT'S JUST LIKE I-95 OUTTHERE, AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.

YOU'RE TAKING A SHIP THAT BIG,
THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAN STOP.

IT WOULD TAKE THEM
TWO OR THREE MILES

TILL YOU CAN COME TO A STOP.

THEY COULD HIT US AND
NEVER EVEN KNOW IT.

SURE
ENOUGH, JUST THREE WEEKS

AFTER THE SINKING, ANOTHER
SCALLOP BOAT, THE DICTATOR,

IS STRUCK BY A
MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIP

WHILE WORKING IN
THE ELEPHANT TRUNK.

THE CONTAINER SHIPSUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE

TO ITS FRONT END.

IF LADY MARY WAS HIT,

THERE SHOULD BE A
SECOND SHIP OUT THERE

WITH DAMAGE TO ITS BOW.

DAMMIT!

COME ON GIRL, STEADY UP.

STEADY UP!

STAY WITH ME,
GIRL, STAY WITH ME!

JUST LIKE THE DICTATOR,WHEN YOU HAVE A COLLISION,

YOU KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE DAMAGE

FROM ONE VESSEL TO THE OTHER.

PERHAPS
THE OTHER SHIP

DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY COLLIDED.

THE COAST GUARD HAS
DATA THAT SHOULD REVEAL

IF ANOTHER VESSEL PASSED
TOO CLOSE TO THE LADY MARY.

I NEED TO SEE ANY DEEP
DRAFT VESSELS IN THE AREA.

YOU GOT IT.

IT'S
CALLED THE AUTOMATIC

IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM OR AIS.

USING ON-BOARD GPS, IT
TRACKS THE MOVEMENTS

OF LARGE COMMERCIAL VESSELS
THAT ARE CLOSE TO US SHORES.

AS WE LOOKED AT THE

HYPOTHESIS OF A
COLLISION OR NOT,

I DO REMEMBER DISTINCTIVELY
THE DATA FROM THE AIS POLL,

WHICH SHOWED MANY VESSELS.

SOON, THEY
NARROW THE MANY DOWN TO ONE.

LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE
CAME PRETTY CLOSE.

MAYBE TOO CLOSE.

CONTAINER SHIP.

ON ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA.

THERE WAS A VESSEL
CALLED THE CAP BEATRICE

THAT HAD BEEN CLOSE
TO THE LADY MARY

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

SO, WE NEEDED TO
INVESTIGATE THAT FURTHER.

THE 729-FOOT
CAP BEATRICE IS GERMAN OWNED.

ON THE MORNING THE
LADY MARY SANK,

SHE WAS APPROACHING THE
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA

AT ABOUT 20 KNOTS.

DID SHE COLLIDE
WITH THE LADY MARY

KILLING SIX OF THE
SEVEN PEOPLE ON BOARD?

OKAY, IF THERE WAS A
COLLISION, LET'S GO VERIFY IT.

INVESTIGATORS
TRACK DOWN THE CAP BEATRICE

AND SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF DAMAGE.

ONCE AGAIN, THE RESULTS
AREN'T WHAT THEY EXPECT.

THIS ISN'T
GETTING US ANYWHERE.

AFTER WE SENT OUR
TEAM OF INSPECTORS

OUT TO LOOK AT THE CAP BEATRICE,

THEY DETERMINED THAT
THERE WAS NO INDICATION

ON THE FRONT OF THE VESSEL

THAT IT WAS INVOLVED IN ANY
TYPE OF COLLISION OR INCIDENT.

THE CAP BEATRICE

SHOWS NO SIGN OF
DAMAGE OR REPAIRS.

BUT INVESTIGATORS STILL HAVE

ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE
THEY NEED TO CHECK.

STEVE GATTO'S DIVE PHOTOS SHOW

WHAT LOOKS LIKE A
STREAK OF RED PAINT

ON THE DAMAGED RUDDER
OF THE LADY MARY.

COULD BE
PAINT TRANSFER?

MAYBE.

JUST MIGHT BE ON TO SOMETHING.

THE DIVERS HAD NOTICED

THAT THERE WAS SOME RED
PAINT ON THE RUDDER.

AND THE, IT WAS
ALSO FAIRLY OBVIOUS

THAT THE HULL OF THE CAP
BEATRICE HAD RED PAINT.

DOES
THE RED PAINT MATCH?

LADY MARY'S RUDDER IS RECOVEREDFROM THE WRECK AND SENT

TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD FOR TESTING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THAT RED PAINT WAS

AND SO WE WANTED TO TRY AND
FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.

THE LAB
ANALYZES THE PAINT

TO SEE IF IT COMES FROM A
COLLISION WITH ANOTHER SHIP.

THEY WERE ABLE TO

SCRAPE SOME OF THE LAYERS
OF PAINT AWAY

AND DETERMINE THE
LAYERS OF PAINT

THAT WERE ACTUALLY ON THE
RUDDER FROM BARE METAL

OUT TO THE COLOR BLUE
WHICH WAS EXPOSED.

ONE OF THOSE UNDERLYING LAYERS
OF PAINT WAS A RED PAINT.

AND SO, IN THAT CASE,
WHEN THE LADY MARY

DID STRIKE THE BOTTOM,

IT EXPOSED SOME OF THEUNDERLYING LAYERS OF RED PAINT.

IN OTHER WORDS,

THE RED PAINT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH A COLLISION.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER IN A
LONG SERIES OF FALSE LEADS.

AFTER MONTHS OF ANALYSIS,
THE NTSB ALSO CONCLUDES

THE DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER
AND TO THE BACK END

OF THE LADY MARY
WAS LIKELY CAUSED

WHEN THE BOAT HIT THE SEA FLOOR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEEVIDENCE OF EVERYTHING COMBINED,

THE LADY MARY WAS NOT
STRUCK ON THE SURFACE.

SIR, I NEED YOU TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING.

WITH SO MANY
POSSIBILITIES ELIMINATED,

INVESTIGATORS ARE LEFT WITH
JUST ONE CRITICAL CLUE.

A DETAIL FROM THE DIVE
FOOTAGE COULD BE THE KEY

TO UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF
WHAT SANK THE LADY MARY.

COAST GUARD INVESTIGATORS FOCUS

ON WHAT MAY BE THE MISSING
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE

OF WHAT SANK THE LADY MARY.

FOOTAGE OF THE BACK DECK
REVEALS A SMOKING GUN,

A HATCH LEADING INTO A
WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENT

ANY TIME THERE'S
A HATCH THAT'S OPEN

AND THE SPACE IS SUPPOSED TO
BE WATERTIGHT, WE TAKE NOTICE.

EVEN MORE TELLING,

THERE'S A PUMP HOSE LEADING
OUT THROUGH THE OPEN HATCH.

INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT THE
CREW WAS TRYING TO CLEAR

SOME WATER IN THE HOLD
BEFORE THE SHIP WENT DOWN.

WE THINK THAT SOMETIMEBETWEEN 1:00 A.M. AND 5:00 A.M.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CAUSETHEM TO OPEN UP THE HATCH COVER

AND START PUMPING
OUT THAT SPACE.

WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO DETERMINEWHAT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

WITH THE HATCH
OPEN, A SERIES OF LARGE WAVES

COULD HAVE WASHED OVER THE STERN

AND DOWN INTO THE HOLD FASTER
THAN THE PUMP COULD HANDLE.

IF A WAVE CAME UP AND
ROLLED ONTO THE MAIN DECK,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION

FOR THE LADY MARY TO DEAL WITH.

THE WAVES COULD
HAVE LANDED TONS OF SEAWATER

INTO THE OPEN COMPARTMENT
AND TRIGGERED THE DISASTER.

DAMMIT!

COME ON GIRL, STEADY UP!

STEADY UP!

STAY WITH ME,
GIRL, STAY WITH ME!

WATER GOT ONTO THEMAIN DECK AND ENTERED THAT SPACE

AND THEN IT CAUSED
THE BACK OF THE VESSEL

TO SINK DOWN FURTHER.

THE AFT
SECTION SINKS DOWN,

ALLOWING THE SEAS TO FLOOD
INTO THE REST OF THE SHIP.

OH, JOSE!

JOSE!

GET UP!

BY THEN,
IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE.

AND YOU JUST GOT INTOA PROGRESSIVE CYCLE

WHERE MORE WATER CAME ON AND
THEN IT SUBMERGED FURTHER

AND THEN THEY COULDN'T RECOVER.

AT THAT POINT, THERE
WAS PROBABLY NO WAY

TO SAVE THE VESSEL.

GET ON YOUR SUITS!

WE NEED TO ABANDON SHIP, NOW!

COME ON, GUYS!

COME ON!

AS LADY MARY SINKS,

THOSE WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT
INTO THEIR SURVIVAL SUITS

DIE QUICKLY IN THE FRIGID OCEAN.

BUT FOR THE THREE WHO DID,
BOBO, TIMBO, AND JOSE,

THERE'S ONE QUESTION THE
COAST GUARD CAN'T LET GO OF.

WHY WAS THE COAST
GUARD RESCUE SO SLOW,

POSSIBLY COSTING
TWO MEN THEIR LIVES?

IF THE COAST
GUARD HELICOPTER

HAD BEEN THERE AN HOUR
AND 20 MINUTES EARLIER,

IT LIKELY WOULD HAVE INCREASED
THEIR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL.

AN EXAMINATION
OF THE LADY MARY'S

RECOVERED EMERGENCY BEACON
REVEALS THE TRAGIC ANSWER.

LADY MARY'S EMERGENCY BEACON
IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH GPS

BUT INSTEAD RELIES ON
OVERHEAD SATELLITES

TO CALCULATE ITS POSITION
AND RELAY IT TO RESCUERS.

IT TOOK MUCH LONGER.

OH NO, DON'T TELL ME.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

A BACK
UP SYSTEM ALSO FAILED.

THEY ENTERED A
ZERO INSTEAD OF A C.

THE OFFICIAL FORM'S WRONG.

EVERY EPIRB
IS REGISTERED TO ITS OWNER

SO THEY CAN BE CONTACTED
IN AN EMERGENCY.

BUT THE 15-DIGIT CODE
IDENTIFYING THE LADY MARY

WAS INPUT INCORRECTLY INTO
A GOVERNMENT DATA BASE.

THERE WAS A GLITCH IN
THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.

THE EPIRB WENT OFF,

DOING ITS JOB TO SEND
A SIGNAL OF DISTRESS.

THAT GLITCH IN THE REGISTRATION

OF THE SERIAL NUMBER
IN THE DATABASE

PREVENTED A MORE TIMELYNOTIFICATION TO THE COAST GUARD,

AS WELL AS TO FUZZY, THAT
THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM.

THERE WAS NO
ACTIONABLE INFORMATION,

SO THEY DIDN'T
SEND IT TO ANYBODY

BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEENANYWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

THE KNOWLEDGE
IS A HEAVY BURDEN

FOR THE SMITH FAMILY TO CARRY.

ALL THE
BOYS COULD SWIM.

ALL THE BOYS COULD SWIM.

BUT THAT TIMELINE
MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

IT'S HARD FOR
ME TO IMAGINE

WHAT FUZZY WAS
GOING THROUGH.

INVESTIGATORS
SUSPECT JOSE SURVIVED

BECAUSE HE FOUND THAT PLANK.

IT HELPED HIM KEEP PART OF HIS
BODY OUT OF THE FRIGID WATER.

THE FINAL COAST GUARD REPORT
RECOMMENDS NEW STANDARDS

FOR WATERTIGHT CLOSURES
TO PREVENT FLOODING.

AND NEW FEDERAL
REGULATIONS ARE INTRODUCED

REQUIRING EPIRBS TO
BE EQUIPPED WITH GPS

SO THAT DISTRESS SIGNALS
CAN BE TRACED IMMEDIATELY.

OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS ULTIMATELY

WERE DRIVING TOWARDS HELPING
OTHER COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN

UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED SO
THAT THEY COULD TAKE STEPS

ON THEIR OWN ACCORD TO
PROTECT THEIR OWN LIVES.

AS FOR FUZZY
SMITH, HE'S GIVEN UP FISHING,

HAUNTED BY THE LAST
PHONE CALL WITH HIS SON.

ABOUT 12, ONE
O'CLOCK, BOBO CALLED ME.

HELLO.

HEY DAD, JUST
CALLING TO LET YOU KNOW

THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE.

WHEN ARE YOU DUE IN?

AND HE SAID, WELL,
WE GOT 200 BAGS, DAD.

WE GOT 200 BAGS AND
WE GOT 50 MORE TO GET.

WELL, IF
OUR LUCK HOLDS UP,

WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER
50 BAGS BY TOMORROW.

LOVE YOU, SON.

GOODNIGHT, DAD.

ALL RIGHT.

I WONDER SOMETIME,
RIGHT TODAY.

I SHOULD'VE SAY,
YOU ALL COME ON IN.

BUT I DIDN'T.