WILTON — Deb Roberts focuses on honoring the memory of her son, the late Michael Holland, to help her get through the painful days. Holland, 25, of Wilton, was a mariner and among one of 33 crew members aboard the SS El Faro when it sank near Crooked Island, Bahamas, on Oct. 1, 2015, during […]
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Live Video: El Faro mate sent warning text to captain
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Before the freighter El Faro sank, the captain was warned by a text message from his vacationing second mate that a storm looming offshore was forecast to become a hurricane. Second Mate Charles Baird testified Thursday before a U.S. Coast Guard panel investigating the ship’s sinking last October. All 33 aboard died. […]
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Community remembers Michael Holland of Wilton
JAY — To get a sense of the impact Michael Holland had on this community, you only had to drive to Jay on Wednesday, where “Holland Strong” posters were hung in random places. On the streets, groups of glum-faced men and women made their way toward the middle school where a celebration of life was […]
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Jay service to celebrate El Faro crew member Michael Holland’s life
JAY — A memorial service is being held for a Maine man who was a crew member on a cargo ship that sank in Hurricane Joaquin. The Kennebec Journal reports that Michael Holland’s celebration of life will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Jay Community Building. Holland was one of 33 people on […]
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El Faro crew member Mitchell Kuflik was MMA grad
PORTLAND — A fifth Maine Maritime Academy alumnus was a member of the crew of a cargo ship that stalled and sank in the winds of Hurricane Joaquin, according to the school. Academy President William Brennan said Thursday that Mitchell Kuflik, class of 2011, was a member of the El Faro crew. Other academy graduates […]
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Coast Guard to stop search for El Faro survivors
The Coast Guard said it will end its search for survivors from the El Faro on Wednesday evening, according to Robert Green, father of LaShawn Rivera. He said the Coast Guard informed relatives during a briefing at the Seafarers Internatonal Union hall in Jacksonville that the search would end between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. […]
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Sunken ship had enough lifeboats, but storm overpowered it
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On board the 790-foot El Faro when it set out on its doomed voyage into the path of Hurricane Joaquin were five Polish workers whose job was to prepare the engine room for a retrofitting. Could that work have caused the loss of power that led to the U.S. container ship’s sinking? […]
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El Faro captain, crew shared love of sea despite dangers
Danielle Randolph’s mom Laurie reads me the last email she got from her daughter. #ElFaro pic.twitter.com/R65SLQhbiq — Jon Chrisos (@JonWGME) October 4, 2015 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The El Faro carried a crew of 33 when it sank in the Atlantic after losing engine power amid Hurricane Joaquin’s 50-foot waves and 140 mph winds. One body […]
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Video: Coast Guard says cargo ship with 4 Mainers sank
#BreakingNews @USCGSoutheast VIDEO Release: Lifeboat found in #ElFaro search area. pic.twitter.com/wzdd0OHls4 — USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) October 5, 2015 Danielle Randolph sends an email to her mother: ‘There is a hurricane out here and we are heading straight into it’ ACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The captain of the 790-foot El Faro planned to bypass Hurricane Joaquin, but some kind of mechanical […]
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‘There is a hurricane out here and we are heading straight into it’
Video update: Coast Guard says cargo ship with 4 Mainers sank On Thursday morning, Laurie Bobillot received what she prayed were not her daughter’s final words. “Not sure if you’ve been following the weather at all,” wrote her daughter, Danielle Randolph, from aboard the American container ship El Faro, “but there is a hurricane out […]