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HOURS AFTER
MAKING A BIG CATCH.

ABANDON SHIP!

A FISHING
TRAWLER GOES DOWN

OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOWHORRIFYING THAT WOULD'VE BEEN.

15 MEN ARE
LOST, WITH NO MAYDAY CALL.

THE WORST DAY
OF MY LIFE.

THE WRECKAGE
SPARKS CONTROVERSY.

WHEN I LOOK AT THAT
VIDEO, I SEE A HOLE.

BUT WHAT
INVESTIGATORS FIND

IS EVEN MORE SHOCKING.

OH NO, DON'T TELL ME!

CAN IT
EXPLAIN THE DEADLIEST

US FISHING DISASTER IN 50 YEARS?

IT'S THE ABSOLUTE
NIGHTMARE OF ALL NIGHTMARES.

ABANDON SHIP!

GO!

HEADING TO 160.

NEARLY 400 MILES
OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA,

A 93-FOOT FISHING
TRAWLER, THE ARCTIC ROSE,

IS WORKING IN THE STORMY
WATERS OF THE BERING SEA.

HOW'S
THE WEATHER LOOKING?

AH, SHE'S A LITTLE ROUGH,BUT NOTHING WE CAN'T HANDLE.

34-YEAR-OLD
CAPTAIN DAVE RUNDALL

IS IN CHARGE OF THE
VESSEL AND HER CREW OF 14.

CAPTAIN DAVID RUNDALL
WAS KNOWN AS A GOOD FISHERMAN.

HE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.

HE HAD WORKED ON ALL
ASPECTS OF FISHING.

AS CAPTAINS GO, HE SEEMED TO
BE ONE OF THE BETTER CAPTAINS.

ARCTIC ROSE IS
ONE OF THOUSANDS OF VESSELS

LURED HERE EVERY YEAR BY
THE LUCRATIVE FISHERY.

THE SEAS ARE ROUGH,
THE WEATHER IS FIERCE,

BUT THE PAYOFF CAN BE HUGE.

THE ALASKAN FISHERIES,

IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE THE
LEGENDS OF THE GOLD RUSH.

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN
PEOPLE WOULD COME BACK

AND BUY HOUSES WITH WHAT
THEY MADE ON A SINGLE VOYAGE.

BUT THIS YEAR THE
CREW'S HAVING A BAD SEASON.

THEY'RE NOT CATCHING ENOUGH
FISH, OR MAKING ENOUGH MONEY.

NOW THEY HOPE THEIR
LUCK'S ABOUT TO CHANGE.

THEY'VE TRAVELED
MORE THAN 2,000 MILES

FROM THEIR HOME PORT OF SEATTLE,

TO A FERTILE FISHING GROUND
OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA.

THE ZHEMCHUG CANYON ANDFLATS, WHERE THEY WERE FISHING,

IS ALMOST THE GEOMETRIC
CENTER OF THE BERING SEA,

ONE OF THE MORE REMOTE
LOCATIONS, EVEN BY

THEIR
SECOND DAY HERE,

THEY'VE ALREADY STRUCK
BERING SEA GOLD,

A 10-TON CATCH OF
VALUABLE FLATFISH.

IF YOU GOT 10 TON,

THAT WAS A BIG BAG FOR
THAT SMALL OF A BOAT.

AND YOU'RE HAPPY IF IT
WAS ALL STUFF YOU WANTED.

WELL, AT LEAST
WE'RE ON THE FISH.

YEAH, BETTER
LATE THAN NEVER.

WE MAY ACTUALLY
GET PAID HERE.

THEY'RE HOPING
FOR MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW.

MIKE HASTINGS WAS THE PREVIOUS
CAPTAIN OF THE ARCTIC ROSE.

HE KNOWS JUST HOW QUICKLY A
FISHERMAN'S LUCK CAN CHANGE.

FISHING IN
GENERAL IS A GAMBLE.

YOU GAMBLE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE,

YOUR LIVELIHOOD, YOUR
HOUSE, EVERYTHING,

ON WHAT YOU'RE GONNA CATCH
DURING ANY GIVEN SEASON.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING FOR TOMORROW?

I THINK WE STAY PUT.

HERE, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

CAPTAIN
RUNDALL'S PLAN

IS TO HOLD THEIR
POSITION OVERNIGHT,

SO THEY CAN DROP THEIR NETS

IN THE SAME PLACE
TOMORROW MORNING.

WE JUST KEEP
JOGGING IN THE SAME SPOT.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IFIT AIN'T BROKE, RIGHT?

-DON'T FIX IT.
-YOU GOT IT.

TO
STAY ON THE MONEY,

THEY'LL NEED TO TURN THEIR BOAT

BACK AND FORTH IN
THE HEAVY SEAS.

IT'S A MANEUVER
THEY CALL JOGGING.

IT'S A FINE ART,JOGGING, IN BIG WAVES LIKE THAT.

IF YOU GO DOWN TOO FAST, YOU
CAN BURY THE BOW IN THE WAVE,

AND THEN YOU CAN BREAK
OUT YOUR WINDOWS.

IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT
IT'S EASY TO MAKE A MISTAKE.

ACCORDING
TO HIS PARENTS,

RUNDALL ALWAYS HAD A
KNACK FOR CATCHING FISH.

DAVEY LOVED THE
ADVENTURE OF THE SEA,

THE HUNT, THE CHASE,
YOU MIGHT SAY.

PEOPLE LIKED HIM,THEY LISTENED TO HIM.

AND IT'S TRUE, HE WAS
VERY GOOD AT FINDING FISH.

RUNDALL AND
HIS FIRST MATE, KERRY EAGAN,

ARE EXPERIENCED SEAFARERS,

BUT MOST OF THEIR CREW
IS COMPLETELY GREEN.

HI, FELLAS,
WHATCHA BETTING HERE?

WHEN THEY
SIGNED ON FOR THE SEASON,

MANY HAD NEVER
EVEN FISHED BEFORE,

OR WORKED IN WHAT'S RATED

AS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST
INDUSTRIES IN AMERICA.

IT'S QUITE DANGEROUS.

THE WHOLE BEING IN THE
BERING SEA IS NOT A PICNIC,

BY ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

IF YOU SCREW UP, YOU
DON'T MAKE IT BACK.

YOU GOTTA BE TOUGH.

YOU GOTTA BE TOUGH.

NO PROBLEM.

THE BOAT IS
CRAMPED AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

ARCTIC ROSE IS SO SMALL,

THE FISH FACTORY IS
SQUEEZED ONTO THE SAME DECK

AS THE GALLEY AND CREW QUARTERS.

20-YEAR-OLD JEFF MEINCKE

IS THE YOUNGEST
CREW MEMBER ABOARD.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

IT'S ALL MONEY IN
THE BANK.

HE'S SAVING
UP FOR VETERINARY SCHOOL.

ACCORDING TO HIS MOM,

HE'S LOOKING FORWARD
TO A BRIGHT FUTURE.

JEFF WAS
A NERDY KID.

HE WAS REAL SMART.

HE LIKED SCIENCE,
HE LIKED EVERYTHING.

HE HAD TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING,

AND HE WAS ALWAYS
ASKING QUESTIONS.

IT'S AN
EXCITING TIME FOR JEFF.

HE JUST GOT PROMOTED
TO DECK HAND.

IT PAYS MORE THAN WORKING THE
SLIME LINE, GUTTING THE FISH.

HOW'D YOU TALK
ME INTO THIS MESS?

AW, YOU LOVE IT!

OH, YEAH.

A FRIEND
OF HIS, JIMMY,

HAD ACTUALLY BEEN UP ON
THE WATER THE YEAR BEFORE,

AND TALKED HIM INTO GOING UP.

JEFF'S NEVER BEEN
ONE TO GO FISHING.

HE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE FISH.

I TRIED TO, WELL, WE
BOTH TRIED TO TALK HIM

OUT OF GOING ON THIS, 'CAUSE
IT'S VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.

HE'S 20 YEARS OLD.

THIS IS AN ADVENTURE.

NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN.

NOTHING EVER HAPPENS
WHEN YOU'RE 20 YEARS OLD.

WHILE THE CREW
PROCESSES THE DAY'S CATCH,

UP ON THE BRIDGE RUNDALL
RADIOS HIS FRIEND JOHN NELSON,

THE FIRST MATE ON THEIR SISTER
SHIP, SOME 10 MILES AWAY.

HOW'S IT LOOKING
FOR YOU GUYS?

PRETTY
GOOD HAUL TODAY.

IT'S A CHANCE FOR
THE TWO FRIENDS TO CATCH UP,

AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUTWHERE THEY'RE FINDING THE FISH.

THEY HAD A
LOT IN COMMON.

THEY BOTH HAD LITTLE KIDS
ABOUT THE SAME AGE, AND STUFF,

SO THEY ENJOYED
TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

AND JOHN'S A PRETTY
NICE, GOOD PERSON.

YEAH, I
HEAR YOU, BROTHER.

KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT.

ALL RIGHT,
JOHN, TALK SOON.

IF YOU GET A GOOD
CREW, USUALLY THAT

CREW STICKS TOGETHER

THEY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

THEY KINDA BECOME A FAMILY,
STICKING TOGETHER AS BROTHERS.

BROTHERS OF THE WATER, I GUESS.

HEY, JIM.

THE CREW FINISHES
CLEANING UP FOR THE NEXT DAY.

THEIR SEASON IS ALMOST OVER,

AND SOON THEY'LL
BE HEADING HOME.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BACK TO THE SARDINE CAN.

OKAY.

ON THE BRIDGE
THEY'RE CHANGING SHIFTS.

OKAY,
SHE'S ALL YOURS.

DAVEY, I GOT IT,
GO GET SOME SLEEP.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT,
GIMME A CALL IF YOU NEED ME.

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST
MATE KERRY EGAN

WILL STAND WATCH OVERNIGHT,

AND CAPTAIN RUNDALL HEADS TO
HIS BUNK BEHIND THE BRIDGE.

AFTER 16 YEARS AT SEA, DAVEY'S
DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS,

AND MAKE THIS HIS FINAL SEASON.

DAVEY ABSOLUTELY
ADORED HIS FAMILY.

HIS WIFE, I'VE NEVER SEEN A
GUY LOOK SO LOVINGLY AT A GAL,

AS I'VE SEEN DAVEY LOOK AT KARI.

LOVED HIS FAMILY,LOVED HIS BOYS.

I THINK THAT MEANT MORE
TO HIM THAN ANYTHING.

IT'S
GONNA BE A ROUGH NIGHT.

SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT
THE WEATHER STARTS TO TURN.

THE WINDS GET STRONGER, AND
THE WAVES BEGIN TO BUILD.

MIKE HASTINGS WAS OUT ON
ANOTHER SHIP, NOT FAR AWAY.

THE NIGHT WAS NASTY.

WE HAD GOOD 15 TO 20,

MAYBE 24-FOOTERS.

IT WAS BLOWING 45
TO 50 MILE AN HOUR.

I IMAGINE IT WAS QUITE
NASTY WHERE THEY WERE.

THEN, AROUND
3:30 IN THE MORNING,

SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.

BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT TAKES A LARGE LURCH.

WHAT THE?

AND THEY'RE THROWN
OUT OF THEIR BUNKS.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE SHIP?

THE CREW KNOWS
THEY'RE IN DEADLY DANGER.

WAKE UP, GET
ON YOUR FEET!

DAVEY!

THINGS CAN GO FROM
JUST FINE TO FATAL,

LITERALLY IN MINUTES.

ICY SEA WATER
IS SURGING INTO THE BOAT.

WE NEED
TO GET HER UPRIGHT.

I'M TRYING!

COME ON!

COME ON, COME ON.

GET HER BACK,
GET HER BACK!

THERE'S WATER
FLOWING IN EVERYWHERE,

IT'S BRUTALLY COLD.

LET'S
GO, GET HIM OUT!

IT'S THE ABSOLUTE
NIGHTMARE OF ALL NIGHTMARES.

ALMOST
250 MILES FROM LAND,

THE ARCTIC ROSE IS
SINKING IN THE BERING SEA.

CAN ANY OF ITS
CREW GET OUT ALIVE?

THE FISHING TRAWLER ARCTIC ROSE

IS GOING DOWN IN THE FRIGID
WATERS OF THE BERING SEA.

GO DOWNSTAIRS,
GET THE GUYS.

LET'S GO, GO, GO, GO!
I'M ON IT, I'M ON IT!

IT'S A
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

THE BOAT COULD
CAPSIZE AT ANY MOMENT.

ABANDON SHIP!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

I'M SURE IF YOU WERE
INSIDE THAT VESSEL

WHEN IT WAS TAKING ON
WATER AND FILLING UP,

IT WAS MASS PANIC.

THIS IS NOT A
DRILL, GET UP!

Crew Member: IT'S OKAY, COME ON.Egan: HURRY, GET TO THE DECK!

THAT WATER, IT'S
COLD ENOUGH WHERE,

IN THREE MINUTES, YOU'REPRETTY MUCH LOSING YOUR BREATH.

EVERYTHING'S DARK,
THE ENGINE IS STOPPED,

BECAUSE THE WATER
FLOODED THE ENGINE ROOM,

THEY'RE DISORIENTED.

GUYS, GET
YOUR SUITS ON!

COME ON!

ONLY ONE THINGMIGHT SAVE THEM, SURVIVAL SUITS.

AN EXPOSURE SUIT ISLIKE AN EXTREMELY THICK WETSUIT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE SO THICK,
THEY'RE NOT EASY TO PUT ON.

THEY TAKE SOME TIME
AND EFFORT TO PUT ON.

FOR THE
CREW OF THE ARCTIC ROSE,

THAT TIME HAS RUN OUT.

I HAD THIS DREAMTHE NIGHT THE BOAT WENT DOWN,

AND I WOKE UP IN A SWEAT.

I ACTUALLY SAW THE BOAT
LIKE IT WAS GOING DOWN.

I DIDN'T STOP THINKING
ABOUT THAT ALL DAY.

IN MY MIND,

I JUST GOT THE FEELING THAT
SOMETHING BAD HAD HAPPENED.

AND IT DID, SOMETHING
BAD HAD HAPPENED.

A DISTRESS
SIGNAL IS SENT OUT

FROM THE ARCTIC ROSE.

ITS EPIRB, OR EMERGENCY POSITIONINDICATING RADIO BEACON,

IS AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERED
WHEN IT'S SUBMERGED IN WATER.

THE ARCTIC ROSE'S COORDINATES

ARE TRANSMITTED TO AN
OVERHEAD SATELLITE,

THEN RELAYED TO THE COAST GUARDSTATION IN KODIAK, ALASKA.

THE COAST GUARD
SEARCH AND RESCUE

STATION ON KODIAK ISLAND

HAS A C-130 IN THE AIR FLYING
TOWARDS THE EPIRB POSITION.

MORE
THAN 800 MILES AWAY,

IT'LL TAKE AT LEAST
FOUR HOURS TO GET THERE.

IF YOU PUT THE EXPOSURESUIT ON AND SEAL IT PROPERLY,

YOU CAN HAVE 12 TO 16 HOURS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE
A SURVIVAL SUIT ON,

YOU'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH DONE.

AS THEY
RUSH TO THE WRECK SITE,

COAST GUARD PILOTS CONTACT
ARCTIC ROSE'S SISTER SHIP,

THE ALASKAN ROSE.

ALL VESSELS
IN THE VICINITY,

A DISTRESS ALERT
HAS BEEN RECEIVED,

REGISTERED TO THE ARCTIC ROSE.

DAVE RUNDALL'S
FRIEND, JOHN NELSON,

RECEIVES THE CALL.

THAT'S DAVEY,
WE GOTTA GO!

THEY'RE
ONLY 11 MILES AWAY.

THEY STEAM IMMEDIATELYFOR THE LOCATION OF THE EPIRB.

WE'VE DROPPED A
FLARE TO MARK THE LOCATION.

ALASKAN ROSE, COPY THAT.

THEY RACE TO THE SCENEAS FAST AS THEY CAN,

BUT IT TAKES ALMOST
AN HOUR TO GET THERE.

THE ALASKAN ROSE ARRIVES
TO AN EERIE SIGHT.

SURVIVAL SUITS ARE
FLOATING IN THE SEA, EMPTY.

THEY FIND A
DEBRIS FIELD.

THEY FIND OIL ON THE WATER.

AFTER SEARCHING FOR ABOUT AN
HOUR, THEY ALSO FIND SOMEONE.

THERE, PORT SIDE!

THEY IDENTIFY IT ASTHE CAPTAIN OF THE ARCTIC ROSE.

HE'S NOT MOVING,
BUT HE COULD STILL BE ALIVE.

OKAY, I GOTTA GO.

JOHN NELSON PUTS
ON A IMMERSION SUIT,

AND JUMPS IN THE
WATER WITH A TETHER.

PEOPLE JUST DON'TJUMP INTO THOSE WATERS.

IT'S DANGEROUS, TO
START WITH, IT'S COLD,

AND NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE,

YOU DON'T HAVE A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE

JUMPIN' INTO THOSE WATERS,
'CAUSE YOU WOULDN'T DO IT.

HIS TETHER'S NOT LONG ENOUGH.

HE UNCLIPS HIS TETHER,
AND SWIMS ON HIS OWN.

IT'S AN
ASTONISHING ACT OF BRAVERY.

NELSON IS RISKING HIS OWN LIFE,

AND IT'S FOR HIS
FRIEND, DAVE RUNDALL.

I GOT YOU
BUDDY, HANG ON!

JOHN NELSON STARTS
DRAGGING HIM BACK

TOWARD THE ALASKAN ROSE.

THEY'RE BOTH HAULED BACK, AND
THEN HAULED ABOARD THE BOAT.

COME ON!

STAY WITH ME, DAVEY!

COME ON MAN, STAY WITH ME!

HE'S NOTBREATHING, AND HIS BODY IS COLD.

THEY ATTEMPT TO
RESUSCITATE CAPTAIN RUNDALL,

THEY FAIL.

DAVEY!

HE TRIED TO
SAVE DAVEY.

HE WAS DOING CPR, AND HEMUST'VE DONE IT FOR A LONG TIME.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE BOAT HAD
TO FINALLY DRAG HIM OFF.

HE COULDN'T GET A
HEARTBEAT OUT OF HIM.

34-YEAR-OLD
CAPTAIN DAVE RUNDALL IS DEAD.

DESPITE TWO DAYS OF
INTENSIVE SEARCHING,

NO SURVIVORS ARE FOUND.

THE FLOATING IMMERSION SUITS

SUGGEST SOMEONE TOOK THEM
OUT DURING THE EMERGENCY,

BUT THERE WAS NO
TIME TO PUT THEM ON.

THE FACT THAT
NOBODY ELSE WAS FOUND

MEANS THAT ALL THE REST
OF THE SOULS WHO WENT DOWN

ARE STILL THERE INSIDE THE BOAT.

THE CREW
OF THE ARCTIC ROSE

IS DECLARED LOST AT SEA.

IT'S THE DEADLIEST COMMERCIAL
FISHING ACCIDENT IN US WATERS

IN 50 YEARS.

WE GOT THE
PHONE CALL

THAT HIS BODY HAD BEEN FOUND.

THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE.

I'VE ALWAYS
THOUGHT LOSING A CHILD

IS THE WORST THING

THAT COULD HAPPEN TO
YOU, AND IT TRULY IS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT
JEFF REALIZED JUST

HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS

SOMEDAY, I THINK HE WOULD'VE
MADE A REALLY TERRIFIC ADULT.

HE IS MISSED, IT
MAKES MY HEART ACHE.

I THINK ABOUT HIM EVERY DAY,

AND I DON'T THINK
THAT'LL EVER GO AWAY.

THE FAMILIES,
AND AN INDUSTRY THAT EMPLOYS

MORE THAN 100,000
PEOPLE, NEED ANSWERS.

WITH THE ENTIRE
LOSS OF THE VESSEL,

15 PEOPLE, NO WITNESSES,
IT'S A MYSTERY.

HOW DO YOU UNRAVEL
WHAT HAPPENED?

YOU CAN JUST PUT THAT THERE.

THE
U.S. COAST GUARD

LAUNCHES THEIR HIGHEST
LEVEL OF INVESTIGATION.

COAST GUARD CAPTAIN, RON MORRIS,

IS ASSIGNED AS THE
LEAD INVESTIGATOR.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
CREATE SUCH AN ISSUE

FOR THIS VESSEL

THAT IT WOULD GO
DOWN SO QUICKLY,

AND NOBODY HAVE A CHANCE
TO EVEN SAY MAYDAY?

WE NEED TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING
ABOUT THE ARCTIC ROSE,

HER DESIGN, HER
CREW, EVERYTHING.

LET'S GET TO IT.

BECAUSE THE
ACCIDENT WAS SO DEADLY,

THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SENDS THEIR OWN INVESTIGATOR,
BOB FORD, TO ASSIST.

THIS AREA SHOWS
WHERE SHE SANK.

IT'S CALLED THE ZHEMCHUG FLATS.

PRETTY REMOTE LOCATION.

IT'S ABOUT AS FAR
AWAY AS YOU CAN GET.

A PROFESSIONAL
INVESTIGATOR OF BIG SHIPS,

IT'S FORD'S FIRST TIME
INVESTIGATING A FISHING BOAT.

HAVING NO SURVIVORS, ALSONO VOYAGE DATA RECORDER,

MY FIRST REACTION WAS,

THIS IS ALMOST GONNA BE
IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND OUT.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE DONE IN SIX MONTHS.

IT TOOK US TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

THE TEAM
DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO GO ON,

SO THEY LEARN WHAT THEY CANFROM THE SHIP'S LAST RADIO CALL.

WE RELIED A LOT
ON INFORMATION

FROM THE SISTER VESSEL,
THE ALASKAN ROSE,

WHICH WAS FISHING IN
THE SAME GENERAL AREA.

THEY HAD SOME RADIO CALLS.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW
FISHING HAD GONE THAT DAY.

HOW'S IT LOOKING
FOR YOU GUYS?

PRETTY
GOOD HAUL TODAY.

THE CAPTAIN PLANNED

TO STAY IN THE SAME
SPOT OVERNIGHT,

SO INVESTIGATORS
EXAMINE THE WEATHER DATA

FOR THAT EXACT AREA.

THIS SHOULD TELL US
WHAT THEY WERE UP AGAINST.

MAYBE SOMETHING
UNUSUAL HAPPENED THERE.

WHEN THE ARCTIC ROSE GOESDOWN, THEY HAD A WEATHER FRONT.

45 KNOT WINDS, IT'S
GONNA KICK UP THE SEAS.

IT WAS A VIOLENT IMPACT
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME

THE ARCTIC ROSE SANK.

BUT IN ALASKA,

FISHING BOATS FACE CONDITIONS
LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.

IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE SINKING.

HOW'S THE
WEATHER LOOKIN'?

AH, SHE'S A LITTLE ROUGH,BUT NOTHIN' WE CAN'T HANDLE.

BUT IF
THE ROUGH SEAS ALONE

AREN'T ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN THESINKING, MAYBE IT WAS THE COLD.

ICING IS WHEN
YOUR AIR TEMPERATURE

OUTSIDE IS COLD ENOUGH

WHERE ALL THE WATER
THAT COMES ON THE BOAT

STARTS STICKIN' TO THE BOAT.

IT'S VERY COMMON
IN THE BERING SEA.

YOU GOTTA GO OUT
AND BEAT IT OFF.

WHEN ICE BUILDS
UP ON THE UPPER DECKS,

IT CAN MAKE A VESSEL TOP HEAVY,

AND DANGEROUSLY
VULNERABLE TO CAPSIZE.

BUT ACCORDING TO OTHER
BOATS IN THE VICINITY,

THERE WAS NO ICE.

THERE'S GOTTA
BE SOMETHING ELSE.

INVESTIGATORS
NEED TO KNOW MORE

ABOUT THE BOAT AND ITS CREW.

FIRST YOU WANNA FIND OUTWHAT THE BOAT WAS LIKE.

WHO WAS ON BOARD, WHAT
WAS THEIR EXPERIENCE?

AND THEN TRY TO FIND
PEOPLE THAT KNEW THEM.

THEY CONTACT
GOVERNMENT FISHERIES OBSERVER,

JENNIFER DOIAS.

SHE KNEW EVERYONE ON BOARD,

AND SHE GOT OFF THE BOAT JUST
DAYS BEFORE IT WENT DOWN.

I WAS ONLY HOME
FOR A DAY OR TWO

WHEN I GOT A CALL
FROM THE COAST GUARD.

IT WAS SHOCKING, I CRIED, I...

IT WAS A HARD THING TO PROCESS.

YOU PICTURE THE BOAT SINKING,
BEING TRAPPED UNDERWATER,

AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ESCAPE.

IT'S HARD NOT TO IMAGINE THAT,
AND FOR IT TO TORMENT YOU.

SO, YOU BOARDED THE
BOAT ON MARCH 1ST?

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND HOW LONG
WERE YOU THERE FOR?

THREE WEEKS.

DOIAS
HAS BEEN ABOARD

MANY DIFFERENT FISHING VESSELS

AND SHE'S ABLE TO PROVIDE
DETAILED OBSERVATIONS

ABOUT THE OPERATION
OF THE ARCTIC ROSE.

FOR BEING A FACTORY BOAT,IT WAS EXTREMELY SMALL,

THE SMALLEST I HAD EVER SEEN.

IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE,
IT'S CRAMPED.

THAT PARTICULAR BOAT HAD
A LOTTA GUYS ON BOARD

FOR THE SIZE OF THE VESSEL.

BUT THAT CREW WAS
SURPRISINGLY EASYGOING.

THEY GOT ALONG WELL.

AND WHAT ABOUT
DAVE RUNDALL?

INVESTIGATORS TURN
THEIR FOCUS ON THE CAPTAIN.

DID HE DO ENOUGH TO PREPARE
THE CREW FOR AN EMERGENCY?

THE CAPTAIN ALWAYS
GETS THE BLAME PINNED ON HIM

WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER,

AND IT ENDS UP ON HIS SHOULDERS,WHETHER HE LIVES OR NOT.

IT'S THE
CAPTAIN'S RESPONSIBILITY

TO TRAIN HIS CREW HOW TO
PUT ON THEIR SURVIVAL SUITS.

SO, WHY WERE THE CREW'S SUITS
FLOATING EMPTY ON THE SEA?

SO, IT'S, YOU KNOW,

WHAT KINDA CAPTAIN DO
WE GOT HERE?

INVESTIGATORS
WONDER IF POOR TRAINING

COULD EXPLAIN WHY THE
CREW OF ARCTIC ROSE

NEVER MADE IT INTO
THEIR SURVIVAL SUITS.

THEY NEED TO KNOW IF THE CAPTAIN

FULFILLED HIS DUTY
TO TEACH THEM.

AND WHAT ABOUT
DAVE RUNDALL?

HE SEEMED LIKE A VERYRESPONSIBLE AND CAPABLE CAPTAIN.

THE LAST PERSON
ABOARD, JENNIFER DOIAS,

HAS NO DOUBT THAT HE DID.

DAVEY, THE CAPTAIN, HE
WAS VERY SAFETY-CONSCIOUS.

HE HELD A SAFETY DRILL
WHEN I WAS ON THE BOAT,

AND HE TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT BOYS
WE'RE ALL HERE.

THIS IS NOT GONNA BE
NEW FOR SOME OF YOU.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE,

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF
FRESH FISH ON THIS BOAT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE ALL IN LINE, OKAY?

HE YELLED AT THE
GUYS, MADE 'EM HURRY,

MADE SURE THEY ALL UNDERSTOOD

THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE
LIFE RAFT, WHERE IT WAS,

WHERE ALL THE
SURVIVAL SUITS WERE.

HE GENUINELY WANTED THE
CREW TO BE PREPARED.

WHAT I'M GONNA GOOVER HERE WILL SAVE YOUR LIVES.

TO PASS
HIS SAFETY DRILL,

EACH CREW MEMBER HAD TO
PUT ON THEIR SURVIVAL SUIT

IN 60 SECONDS OR LESS.

NOT ONLY DID CAPTAIN RUNDALL
PROPERLY TRAIN HIS CREW,

DOIAS BELIEVES HE'S ALSO THE
ONE WHO TRIED TO SAVE THEM.

DAVEY HAD THE ADVANTAGE
OF BEING ON THE UPPER DECK.

THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST MATE
ARE UP IN THE WHEELHOUSE,

AND THEIR QUARTERS ARE
RIGHT BEHIND THE WHEELHOUSE,

SO THEY'RE UP ON THE TOP DECK.

THE SURVIVAL
SUITS ARE STORED ON DECK,

DIRECTLY OUTSIDE
THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN,

WHICH MEANS HE'S
MOST LIKELY THE ONE

WHO PULLED THEM
OUT OF THEIR BAGS.

I COULD TOTALLY
PICTURE DAVEY

GRABBING ALL THE SURVIVAL SUITS,

THROWING 'EM OUT OF THE BAGS,

YELLING FOR EVERYONE
TO GET UP THERE,

TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY

TO TRY TO GET INTO
THEIR SURVIVAL SUITS,

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD DO.

BUT IF CREW KNEW
HOW TO GET INTO THEIR SUITS,

WHY DID THEY RUN OUT OF TIME?

THEY FOUND
CAPTAIN RUNDALL,

AND HIS SURVIVAL SUIT WAS
NOT COMPLETELY ZIPPED UP.

NOBODY WAS ABLE TO GET INTO A
SURVIVAL SUIT OR A LIFE RAFT,

SO WHATEVER HAPPENED,
HAPPENED QUICKLY.

THE HALLWAY WAS
REALLY NARROW.

THEY WERE IN REALLY
TIGHT QUARTERS.

IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THEM
TO ALL GET OUT QUICKLY.

COME ON!

WHAT COULD SINK
THE ARCTIC ROSE SO FAST,

THE CREW HAD NO TIME TO ESCAPE?

THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
TAKES INVESTIGATORS

TO DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA,

THE MAIN PORT OF CALL
FOR FISHING VESSELS

WORKING THE BERING SEA.

SO, HOW LONG WERE YOU
WORKING ON THE ARCTIC ROSE?

THEY TRACK DOWN
FORMER CREW MEMBERS,

HOPING THEY'LL REMEMBER ANYPROBLEMS ABOARD THE ARCTIC ROSE.

WE NEEDED TO GET TO DUTCHHARBOR AND JUST FIND PEOPLE,

FISHERMEN OFF THE STREET,
GO TO REPAIR FACILITIES,

JUST HIT EVERYTHING WE COULD.

IT'S CALLED GUMSHOE
INVESTIGATIVE WORK,

I GUESS, WOULD BE THE BEST WAY.

JUST KEEP TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE.

DUTCH HARBOR WAS VERYWILD AND WOOLY, I WOULD SAY.

EVERYBODY WOULD GO DRINKIN'.

THERE WAS A LOTTA FIGHTIN',
THERE WAS A LOTTA ANIMOSITY.

THIS BOAT DIDN'T LIKE THAT BOAT.

THE CRABBERS DIDN'T
LIKE THE TRAWLERS.

THE TRAWLERS DIDN'T
LIKE THE CRABBERS.

AND OUT HERE
NOT EVERYONE LIKES AUTHORITY.

HELLO, HELLO?

HEY.

I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK
YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.

ABOUT WHAT?

THE ARCTIC ROSE.

YEAH, I
WAS ON HER.

IT REALLY VARIED IN
DEALING WITH THE FISHERMEN.

THERE WERE SOME
THAT WERE REALLY,

THAT WHOLE PIONEER
MENTALITY, LEAVE US ALONE,

AND THEN I'D HAVE OTHERS COME
UP TO ME AND SAY, HEY LISTEN,

YOU GUYS GOT TO DO SOMETHING,
I'M TIRED OF LOSING FRIENDS.

WE'VE ALL HAD CREWMEN

THAT HAVE GONE ONTO
OTHER BOATS AND DIED.

SEVERAL
FORMER CREW MEMBERS

PAINT A PICTURE OF AN
INEXPERIENCED CREW,

WORKING IN UNCOMFORTABLY
CRAMPED CONDITIONS.

THE ARCTIC ROSE,
EVERYONE WE TALKED TO,

NO ONE HAD ANYTHING
GOOD TO SAY ABOUT IT.

ONE PERSON THAT WAS A FORMERFISHERMAN FROM THE ARCTIC ROSE,

THAT WAS A LITTLE
RELUCTANT TO TALK,

HE SAID WHAT A HUNK
OF JUNK IT WAS.

BOTTOM LINE, IT WAS ALMOST
A FORM OF PUNISHMENT

TO GO ON THE ARCTIC ROSE.

THEN HE
MENTIONED SOMETHING

THAT CATCHES THE
INVESTIGATOR'S ATTENTION.

ANY DEFECTS AT ALL,
ANYTHING YOU NOTICED,

ABOUT THE BOAT?

SHE GOT ROLLING
PRETTY GOOD ON HEAVY SEAS.

GREAT.

FORMER CREW
MEMBERS SAY THE ARCTIC ROSE

USED TO ROLL UNCOMFORTABLY
IN HEAVY WEATHER.

EVERY BOAT FEELS
DIFFERENT, BUT THAT BOAT,

WHEN IT ROLLED FROM SIDE
TO SIDE IN BAD WEATHER,

WOULD HANG A LITTLE BIT.

IT JUST FELT LIKE IT HUNG
A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG,

LIKE IT WAS INDECISIVE ABOUT,

IT WASN'T QUICK TO CORRECT
ITSELF AND COME BACK.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

NO PROBLEM.

IF THE
ROLLING WAS AS BAD

AS FORMER CREW MEMBERS SAY,

IT COULD BE A SIGN THE BOAT
WAS DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE.

THE PICTURE THAT WE'RE
KINDA STARTING TO SEE

IS THAT WE'VE GOT A SMALL
VESSEL WITH SOME PROBLEMS,

DIDN'T MAKE A LOTTA MONEY.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS

THAT WE WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT WAS STABILITY.

INVESTIGATORS
DRILL DOWN

TO LEARN AS MUCH AS THEY
CAN ABOUT THE BOAT'S DESIGN.

TAKE A LOOK, IT
WASN'T ALWAYS A TRAWLER.

YEAH, I'LL SAY!

THE ARCTIC ROSE WAS A TRAWLER,

BUT IT DIDN'T START
OUT AS A TRAWLER.

IT STARTED OUT AS A SHRIMPER,

AND IT WAS MODIFIED
MORE THAN ONCE.

QUITE A
FEW MODIFICATIONS.

THE FACT
THE SHIP WAS ALTERED

FROM ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN
IS AN IMPORTANT LEAD.

YEAH.

ANY TIME YOU START
CHANGING A VESSEL

FROM ITS ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION,

YOU GOTTA WORRY ABOUT THINGS
THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO IT,

EXTRA WEIGHT, THINGS HIGHER
UP IN THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING
TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT?

STABILITY IS
IMPORTANT ON ANY VESSEL,

BUT ESPECIALLY SO
ON A FISHING BOAT.

MOST SHIPS, YOU
LOAD THEM WITH CARGO,

AND THEY SAIL TO ANOTHER PORT.

AND YOU CALCULATE THE STABILITY,

AND THE STABILITY
STAYS ABOUT THE SAME.

FISHING BOATS, STABILITY
IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

AS SOON AS THEY START CATCHING
FISH THEIR STABILITY CHANGES.

THEY'RE ALSO HOISTING
HEAVY NETS UP INTO THE AIR,

WHICH IS DETRIMENTAL
TO THEIR STABILITY.

YOUR STABILITY IS
ALWAYS CHANGING.

DID CONVERTING THE
ARCTIC ROSE INTO A PROCESSOR

MAKE IT SO TOP HEAVY, IT
CAPSIZED IN THE ROUGH SEAS?

TO FIND OUT, INVESTIGATORS
MEET THE NAVAL ARCHITECT

RESPONSIBLE FOR
MOST OF THE CHANGES.

OKAY, SO WE'RE JUST
TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND

THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE SHIP.

YES, I REMEMBERIT VERY WELL.

HE PROVIDED US A
LOT OF INFORMATION,

ALL THE CONVERSION INFORMATION,FUEL TANKS, BALLAST TANKS.

HE WAS VERY VALUABLE,
WHAT HE PROVIDED.

CHANGES
TO ARCTIC ROSE

INCLUDE ADDING THE ENTIRE
PROCESSING FACTORY,

A CONCRETE FLOOR
TO LEVEL THE DECK,

AND A MASSIVE STEEL
GANTRY TO HAUL THE NET.

I HAD TO
ADD QUITE A BIT

OF WEIGHT TO THE VESSEL.

IT'S NOT JUST THE STEEL,

BUT ALSO THE
PROCESSING EQUIPMENT,

THE FREEZERS, THE
REFRIGERATION SYSTEM.

ADDED WEIGHTS UP HIGH

MEAN THAT THE VESSEL
WOULD BECOME LESS STABLE.

INVESTIGATORS
LEARN THAT,

ALTHOUGH THE MODIFICATIONS
DID MAKE THE BOAT HEAVIER,

AS LONG AS THE WATERTIGHT
HATCHES WERE CLOSED,

THE ARCTIC ROSE WAS CONSIDERED
SEAWORTHY, AND SAFE.

IT WAS
ALL BY THE BOOK.

SHE SHOULD'VE BEEN FINE.

THANKS FOR COMING IN.

THE VESSEL WAS SMALL,

BUT THEY'D GONE THROUGH
THEIR STABILITY TESTS.

THEY'D DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE,I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY,

AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THE
VESSEL WAS SAFE TO OPERATE.

INVESTIGATORS
ARE STUMPED.

IF THE MODIFICATIONS WERE
SAFE, AND THE BOAT WAS STABLE,

THEN TO FIND OUT WHY IT SANK,

THEY'LL NEED TO SEE THE
VESSEL FOR THEMSELVES.

THE ONLY WAY WE'RE
GONNA NAIL THIS ONE DOWN,

IS AN ROV HAS TO GO
DOWN AND SEE THIS BOAT.

THE
SEARCH FOR ANSWERS

IS ABOUT TO TAKE
INVESTIGATORS 428 FEET

TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BERING SEA.

THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER
THE SINKING OF THE ARCTIC ROSE

SONAR HAS PINPOINTED THE
LOCATION OF THE WRECK.

INVESTIGATORS NEED TO
STUDY EVERY INCH OF IT

TO FIND CLUES TO
EXPLAIN WHY IT SANK.

BUT FIRST, THEY PAUSE
TO REMEMBER THE DEAD.

IT WAS TOUGH.

YEAH.

YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT 15 PEOPLE.

WE SAID OUR WORDS.

IT WAS KINDA SURREAL AT
THAT POINT, BUT ANYWAY,

THAT WAS TOUGH.

THE TEAM LOWERS
THE REMOTELY-OPERATED VEHICLE

PAST AN EERIE WEB OF FLOATING
DEBRIS AND FISHING NETS,

TO TRANSMIT LIVE
IMAGES OF THE WRECKAGE.

PASSING 200 FEET.

IT WAS SPOOKY,

BECAUSE WHEN IT GETS UP
THERE AND YOU SEE THIS HULL,

IS IT THE RIGHT BOAT,
IS IT THE RIGHT BOAT?

SEE THAT, CAN
YOU GET ME CLOSER?

PRETTY SOON WE'RE
TAKING THESE PICTURES,

AND YOU SEE IT CRUISE
BY, IT SAYS, ARCTIC ROSE.

OH MY GOD, YOU FOUND IT!

LET'S START AT THE HULL.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE
HULL AND THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.

AND WE STARTED WORKING
OUR WAY UP ON THIS VESSEL.

IT WAS SITTING
UPRIGHT ON THE BOTTOM,

JUST LIKE SOMEBODY
JUST PLACED IT THERE.

EVERYTHING LOOKED INTACT.

THE HULL DIDN'T HAVE ANY
DAMAGE THAT WE COULD SEE.

THE WINDOWS WERE INTACT
IN THE PILOT HOUSE.

THE PROPELLER, ALL
THAT WAS THERE.

THESE ARE ELIMINATING THINGS.

THEY'RE HELPING US SEE WHATTHE CONDITION OF THE VESSEL IS.

WHAT WE SAW,
EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD.

SEE THAT?

THEN SOMETHING
ON THE HULL CATCHES THEIR EYE.

WE SAW THIS DARK
SPOT ON THE HULL.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT
WAS A HOLE OR NOT.

IF IT'S A HOLE,

IT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHAT
SET OFF THE DISASTER.

WHEN BOB FORD SEES THE
FOOTAGE, HE'S CONVINCED.

I SEE A HOLE.

THERE'S NO DOUBT WHEN
I LOOK AT THAT VIDEO,

THAT ONE LIGHT SPOT.

AND I FINALLY LOOKED, AND SAID,

THAT IS BASICALLY SOMETHING
INTERNAL TO THAT SPACE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING
A REFLECTION BACK OF.

THAT'S NOT A SHADOW, THAT'S
NOT PAINT, THAT'S A HOLE.

NOT ONLY DOES
FORD THINK IT'S A HOLE,

HE ALSO THINKS HE
KNOWS WHAT CAUSED IT.

THE TRAWL DOORS
WERE MISSING.

TRAWL
DOORS ARE STEEL FINS

DESIGNED TO HOLD THE FISHING
NETS OPEN DURING FISHING.

EACH ONE CAN WEIGH
MORE THAN 500 POUNDS.

SO, THEY WOULD
TRAWL DURING THE DAY,

BUT AT NIGHT THEY WOULD KEEP 'EM

WINCHED INTO THE
SIDE OF THE BOAT.

THE STARBOARD TRAWL
DOOR COULD'VE BEEN FASTENED

JUST YARDS AWAY FROM WHAT
BOB THINKS IS A HOLE.

IS IT POSSIBLE IT BROKE FREE,

AND SLAMMED INTO THE
HULL DURING THE STORM?

I AM CONVINCED IT IS THE
TRAWL DOORS THAT BROKE LOOSE,

AND POPPED A HOLE IN IT, ANDPUNCTURED OR RUPTURED THE HULL.

COAST GUARD
INVESTIGATORS ON THE SCENE

DECIDE TO TEST WHAT
THEY'RE SEEING.

IF IT'S A HOLE,

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PASS THE ARM OF THE ROV

RIGHT THROUGH IT.

THEN WE PUT THE ROV
RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE HOLE.

WE HAD THIS LITTLE
MANIPULATING ARM, AND IT WAS,

WE WERE TAPPING AT THE HOLE,

TRYING TO PENETRATE
IT, AND IT DIDN'T.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A HOLE.

TO US, IT APPEARED
LIKE IT WAS JUST PAINT

THAT HAD BEEN CHIPPED
OFF OR MISSING.

IT MIGHT'VE BEEN
HIT BY A TRAWL DOOR,

AND TAKEN OFF THAT PAINT,

BUT WE DIDN'T THINK IT
WAS A HOLE IN THAT VESSEL.

COAST GUARD
INVESTIGATORS ARE CONVINCED,

THE ODD MARKING IS NOT A HOLE,

AND THEY CONTINUE
EXPLORING THE WRECK.

THEN, AT THE STERN
OF THE VESSEL,

THEY FIND WHAT COULD BE THESMOKING GUN, A LARGE OPEN HATCH.

OH NO, DON'T TELL ME!

THE
OPENING LEADS TO ONE

OF THE LARGEST
COMPARTMENTS ON THE BOAT,

THE FISH PROCESSING AREA.

THE WEATHERTIGHT DOOR ONTHE STARBOARD SIDE BEING OPEN

IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US,

BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO
MAINTAIN WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY.

WHY WAS IT OPEN?

THE OPEN
HATCH IS WIDE ENOUGH

THAT EACH CRASHING WAVE
COULD LAND TONS OF SEAWATER

INSIDE THE PROCESSING AREA.

THE HATCH IS OPEN.

IN THAT WEATHER, A LOT OF
WATER COULDA GOTTEN IN.

IT'S POSSIBLE
THE DOOR WAS SIMPLY LEFT OPEN

WHEN THE CREW TRIED TO ESCAPE.

BUT TESTIMONY FROM JENNIFER
DOIAS SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.

IT WAS NOT
UNCOMMON FOR THE

WEATHERTIGHT DOOR TO BE OPEN.

AND YOU
SAW THAT FIRSTHAND?

YES, I DID.

THE REAR HATCH, OUT OF THE
FACTORY, ONTO THE MAIN DECK,

THEY WERE JUST IN AND OUT
OF THAT HATCH ALL THE TIME,

AND THEY TENDED
TO LEAVE IT OPEN.

DURING THE INVESTIGATION THERE
WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT,

BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
MOST CRITICAL POINT

WHERE WATER WOULD
ENTER THE BOAT.

IF YOUR
DOOR'S TIED OPEN,

YOU COULD DEFINITELY
GET WATER IN THAT DOOR.

THE
HATCH WAS FOUND OPEN.

THE BOAT WAS HEAVY,
AND IT WAS IN A STORM.

IT'S A BAD COMBINATION,
BUT IS IT ENOUGH?

IF THE PROCESSING AREA
WAS THE ONLY AREA FLOODED,

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE CAUSED
THE ARCTIC ROSE TO SINK.

CAPTAIN RUNDALL'S
FRIEND, JOHN NELSON,

HAS ALREADY PROVIDED
ANOTHER CLUE.

SO, YOU SPOKE
TO HIM THAT NIGHT?

YEAH, YEAH, I
SPOKE TO DAVEY.

ALL RIGHT
JOHN, TALK SOON.

SOMETHING
DAVEY TOLD HIM THAT NIGHT

MIGHT FINALLY EXPLAIN WHY
THE ARCTIC ROSE WENT DOWN.

INVESTIGATORS EXAMINING THE
SINKING OF THE ARCTIC ROSE

HAVE UNCOVERED AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE,

A DETAIL FROM THE
LAST CONVERSATION

BETWEEN THE CAPTAIN
AND HIS FRIEND.

HE WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE SUMP PUMPS.

THEY DISCUSS
THE FISHING,

THEY DISCUSS THE
PROBLEMS THEY'RE HAVING.

YEAH, THE DAMN PUMPGOT CLOGGED AGAIN.

CAPTAIN RUNDALL'STALKING ABOUT HOW THE SUMP PUMPS

ARE BEING JAMMED BY
FISH HEADS AND ENTRAILS,

BECAUSE THE CREW DOES NOT
KNOW HOW TO KEEP THINGS CLEAN.

DAVE RUNDALL'S
BIGGEST COMPLAINT,

THEY JUST WOULDN'T
KEEP THE GUT SHOOT,

THE PROCESSING SPACE,
CLEAN AND CLEAR.

MAYBE THEY JUST DIDN'T
RECOGNIZE THE DANGER.

IT'S A
TROUBLING DISCOVERY.

CLOGGED DRAINS COULD
HAVE ALLOWED WATER

FLOODING INTO THE PROCESSING
AREA TO BUILD UP EVEN FASTER.

BUT WHAT MADE IT DEADLYWAS THE FACT THE AFT HATCH

WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THE
CREW LIKELY LEFT OPEN.

THEY LEFT THE HATCHES
OPEN ALL THE TIME,

AND IT WASN'T JUST
THE BACK HATCH.

ALL THE INTERIOR HATCHES
WERE ALWAYS LEFT OPEN.

SO, IF THE VESSEL
STARTED TO FLOOD,

IT WOULD TAKE NO TIME AT ALL,

ONCE THE WATER GOT
TO A CERTAIN LEVEL,

FOR IT TO SPILL DOWN INTO THE
ENGINE ROOM, INTO THE GALLEY.

I MEAN, THE WHOLE BOAT
WOULD FLOOD SO FAST.

THE WATER
WOULD ACCUMULATE,

AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO BE PUMPED OUT.

WITH THE
HATCHES OPEN IN BAD WEATHER,

WATER COULD'VE PASSED
THROUGH THE PROCESSING AREA,

AND DOWN INTO THE ENGINE ROOM,

IN AS LITTLE AS ONE
MINUTE, 40 SECONDS.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME
FOR THE CREW TO ESCAPE.

IN A DARK ROOM, UPSIDE
DOWN OR ON YOUR SIDE,

HOW DO YOU GET OUT?

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T IMAGINE

HOW HORRIFYING THAT
WOULD'VE BEEN FOR PEOPLE.

TWO AND A HALF
YEARS AFTER THE TRAGEDY,

COAST GUARD INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THEY NOW KNOW

WHAT LIKELY SANK THE SHIP.

OKAY, HERE'S WHAT
OUR ANALYSIS SHOWS.

AROUND
3:30 IN THE MORNING,

THE ARCTIC ROSE IS JOGGING
THROUGH ROUGH WEATHER.

YOU GOT THE MATE
ON WATCH.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS
PROBABLY ASLEEP,

WAITING FOR THE NEXT MORNING
TO HAVE A GOOD TRAWL.

LARGE WAVES BEGIN
TO WASH OVER THE AFT DECK,

INTO THE OPEN HATCH.

WITH THE DOOR OPEN,
WATER'S COMING IN.

IT ALL STARTS FLOWING
THROUGH OUR OPEN HATCH.

WATER FLOODS INTO
THE PROCESSING AREA.

WITH SEVERAL
INTERNAL HATCHES ALSO OPEN,

WATER SURGES INTO
THE MAIN CABIN,

AND DOWN INTO THE
COMPARTMENTS BELOW.

FOLLOWED
THROUGH AND INTO

THE LOWER LEVELS
IN THE ENGINE ROOM.

THE FLOODING
CAUSES THE ARCTIC ROSE

TO ROLL ONTO ITS SIDE.

EACH TIME SHE ROLLED,
MORE WATER FLOODED IN.

ENGINE STALLS, THE BOAT
STARTS GOING DOWN BY THE HEAD.

RUNDALL REALIZES IT'S TOO LATE,

STARTED GETTING THE BAGS OUT
OF THE SURVIVAL SUIT LOCKER.

WHETHER HE KNEW
IT OR NOT,

HE WAS SACRIFICING
HIMSELF FOR HIS CREW.

AND THEY JUST
RAN OUTTA TIME.

VERY QUICKLY
SHE ROLLED,

LAID OVER ON HER
SIDE, AND SANK.

HER CREW,
FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES,

ARE LIKELY TRAPPED INSIDE AS
THE ARCTIC ROSE GOES DOWN.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN OVER
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

IN THE
WAKE OF THE ACCIDENT,

THE COAST GUARD
LAUNCHES A FULL REVIEW

OF THE SAFETY STANDARDS
FOR SMALLER PROCESSOR BOATS

OPERATING ON THE BERING SEA.

AMONG THEM IS A REQUIREMENT
TO INSTALL ALARMS

ON ALL WATERTIGHT DOORS

TO WARN THE CREW IF
THEY'VE BEEN LEFT OPEN.

FISHING INDUSTRIES,
THERE'S A LOTTA CASUALTIES,

THERE'S A LOTTA THINGS GOING.

THEY STILL ARE.

I THINK WE DID THE BEST WE COULD

TO TRY TO FIND OUT FOR THE
FAMILIES WHAT HAPPENED,

AND GIVE THEM SOME ANSWERS.

EIGHT
YEARS AFTER THE SINKING,

FISHERMEN ON THE ALASKAN COAST

FIND HUMAN BONES IN THEIR CATCH.

DNA TESTS CONFIRM THEY
BELONG TO JEFF MEINCKE.

HIS PARENTS TRAVEL TO ALASKA

TO RECOVER THEIR SON'S REMAINS.

I DIDN'T WANT HIM
TO BE ALONE ANYMORE.

I SAID, DAVID WE HAVE
TO GO UP AND GET HIM.

I DON'T WANT HIM TO
HAVE TO COME HOME ALONE.

SO, WE FLEW UP THERE AND PICKEDHIM UP AND BROUGHT HIM HOME.

I THINK THAT, IF NOTHING ELSE,
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S,

A LOT OF LIVES IN THE
FUTURE THAT WILL BE SAVED.

THEY LEARNED THERE
ARE A LOT OF BOATS

THAT SHOULDN'T BE UP THERE,

AND THEY RETIRED A
LOT OF THE FLEET.

WE THINK
ABOUT DAVEY A LOT.

HE HAD THREE SONS.

AT THE TIME DAVEY'S
DEATH, DAVIN WAS 14,

WILLIE WAS 12, AND MAX WAS FOUR.

I WOULD LIKE THEM TO REMEMBER
HIM AS THE LOVING, FUNNY,

GOOFY DAD THAT THEY ALL LOVED.