all right. i m sure you heard that they may have been in the eye of joaquin. yes, yes. that s correct. okay. when you heard about the possibility of, you know, that the ship listing and, you know, taking on water, are you concerned about whether or not they would be able to be upright again or whether the listing would continue? . at the time, i was told that the captain called and said they had a flooding leak on the ship, but they fixed it. then they reported an area of where they were. after that, that s when they lost power. . right now the coast guard working very hard as is tote maritime. the navy is involved, as well. rochelle hand, thank you for taking the time to be with us
contained, so they said. the ship, though, has not been heard from since. its last known location near the crooked island in the bahamas. this satellite image shows a white arrow as the approximate last location of el faro. the cargo ship went missing in the milled of hurricane joaquin while it was still a category 4 storm. the coast guard fearing the ship became disabled right near the eye of the storm where there were 20 to 30-foot waves and heavy winds, which could have destroyed the ship s communications. tote maritime gave the cargo ship el faro the go-ahead to sail despite the threatening weather, confident the crew could handle changing weather situations. the captain in this case had been monitoring the track of this tropical storm for a number of days prior to departing. arthel, 33 crew members missing at this hour. okay, bryan llenas, thanks so much.