Sunday, April 20, 2014
USS Bonhomme Richard: Search and Rescue
About a month ago I was snarking that a copy of classic literature was stolen from my son's living quarters upon the USS Bonhomme Richard. Was it the crime of the century? Hardly. If a book "donation" makes life a little easier for those aboard who now have the grim task of pulling dead teenagers out of the South Korean sunken ferry I feel it's the least I can do.
Yes, my son's ship was assigned to the search and rescue effort. The tone is that of sadness and despair that so many young people were doomed to a watery grave. The survival rate is 50-50 after 8 hours of being in the water. We all can do the math. Yes, tough marine and navy divers can and do show emotion and cry.
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