beside him and sobbing, the 26-year-old woman officer who d been steering the ship, and the helmsman who said he d made a mistake but blamed the steefring gear. this was the captain arriving onshore with the first group of survivors. he d left behind nearly 300 people trapped. his life rafts unused. for the parents waiting onshore, it is torture. i m frustrated. divers have been there for four days, but we don t know whether our children are starved or not. we re dying here on shore, says this parent, while our children are in the water. the school friends of those missing are suffering too. at the high school, they comfort each other. more than 300 teenagers left here for a vacation. few have made it home. some of the survivors remain in the hospital, being treated for injuries and shock. back at their school, a vigil
fast. they did, however, hear for the first time really in any detail an explanation from the captain of the ship who was paraded before the cameras when he was formally arrested and charged here, apologized to the parents and said the reason he hadn t ordered an evacuation because there were no rescue boats and he feared that if the passengers with their life jackets went into the sea they would simply drift away. alongside him was the 26-year-old woman who was steering the ship at the time. the captain was in his cabin. and the helmsman who blamed the steering gear. the relatives blame the captain. he was paragraphed getting off the ship early and also filmed arriving on shore, one of the first survivors to land ashore. he s 69 years old and charged with criminal negligence. for the relatives of the missing children, this really is terribly difficult. i have just come from a gym
coast guard there, so sounds like there was a lot of confusion but, again, we do see the coast guard tells them to get ready to evacuate those passengers, get the life jackets on and prepare to get them off that ship. we learned today that the captain was not in the steering room when the ship started to sink, the third officer was actually there. how common is it for the captain to leave the helm? and what should have been in his course of action when the ship was in trouble, captain? well, generally the captain isn t at the helm all the time. the captain s generally not at the helm. you have a helmsman who is physically steering. then what we have is a watch officer. at this time, it seemed to be the third mate who was on, typically the guy involved with the safety operations of the vessel. a second mate also does mostly the navigation. then you have the chief mate officer. they cover the span of the 24 hours, standing a bridge watch with the watch team. being that the helmman, t
third mate, with instructions to turn back into the shipping lane. i went down to my office, had some paperwork to fill out and i wanted to look at the latest weather. the third mate called hazelwood and said he was turning. but what happens next remains a mystery. the third mate and the helmsman at the wheel both say they followed orders. but whether it was miscommunication or poor 1/2 vags, navigation, the exx exxon valdez did not turn when it was supposed to. the turn was initiated. it was just initiated late. so late the ship ran aground. what do you think happened? i don t know. sad to say i wasn t there. according to the national transportation safety board, the third mate likely missed the turn due to fatigue and overwork, although the third
the third mate and the helmsman at the wheel both say they followed orders. but whether it was miscommunication the turn was initiated. it was just nicinitiated late. so late the ship ran aground. what do you think happened? i don t know. sad to say i wasn t there. according to the national transportation safety board, the third mate likely missed the turn due to fatigue and overwork, although the third mate says he felt fine. but there was another potential issue with captain hazelwood. alcohol. coast guard investigator mark delozier was suspicious when he