Engineer Michael Price was still at his post, deep within the ship. Kelly found himself with a walkie-talkie in his hand, standing at the top of an interior set of stairs leading down to the lifeboat deck. “Orange! International orange!” Kelly yelled back. Eugene Kelly, the third mate, reached past his struggling captain for the radio mike. ![]() “State the color of your lifeboats,” the radio sputtered. ”What color are your lifeboats?” the Coast Guard asked. Now he was fumbling to get his arms through the holes of the awkward vest when the Coast Guard rescuers radioed back. On the darkened bridge, Captain Phillip Corl reached for a life jacket, the last man to put one on. Tomorrow: How the maritime establishment keeps aging Second in a series on how government programs keep Section: LOCAL | Page A01 | Edition: FINAL | Memo: DEATH SHIPS Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) 9666 words ![]() Frump and Timothy Dwyer, Inquirer Staff Writers ![]() SLIPPING BENEATH THE WAVES HOW AN AGING SHIP CARRIED 31 SEAMEN TO THEIR DEATHSīy Robert R. Here’s to the men and women of the Marine Electric and the El Faro. This and reform efforts within Congress and the Coast Guard helped prevent a major casualty for many years - until the SS El Faro sinking in 2015. Here’s the original story Tim and I wrote 36 years ago.
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