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Greensboro on to unc were laura and i spent some time for year before i moved on to West Virginia university. Andcompleted her masters has had a very her first job was at stratford and hall, the birthplace of robert e lee. Recently, she is the deputy education director at the Hampton Roads naval museum. She works as an educator and does special event. She also worked at fort munro museum. Today, she will be speaking to shipwreck. Vil war in my seven years here, i dont think we have done any naval operations. She will be talking about shipwrecks of the uss cumberland before she comes on page. Note that laura and her husband have recently published a book. You can see a copy of it just in front of the podium. The title of the book is never. All me a hero me introduce laura lawfer. [applause] afternoon. How is everybody . Good. They went after lunch. I have to start out with a matter of disclosure. At the United States naval museum, everything here is my opinion. It is not endorsed by the
U. S. Troops recognize the sacrifice of the cumberland crew and they paid homage to the dead, recognizing that section of the james river as hollowed ground. Two years and eight months later, another important worship joined at the bottom of the james river. First of the foreign built raters, css florida. Check it in the current in a liverpool shipyard. Using a british gun bill for the model of the whole time of vessel was designed for speed and maneuverability. 1862, sent to the hes where john mack christened the css florida. Rater, florida was incredibly successful. During one of its first cruise, it captured 25 merchant ships. The carter values on these ships 1. 5 million in this was civil war money so think of how huge it would be today. They counted for an additional 22 ship seizures. After an accident layover in france, they captured 13 more merchant ships in 1864. That year, the New York Times printed an editorial, accusing diligencend lack of in catching this radar. Without cal
Right now, but that number is going to go way, way up. Officials expect the death toll to rise dramatically with some 271 people still missing. Cnns Pauline Chiou live in south korea for us this morning with the very latest. Good morning, pauline. Reporter good morning to you, john. We have an update on that dive operation that you touched on. The coast guard has given us more details. They said 17 divers were involved in the operation today. Two of them were able to enter the ship and they were able to get to a certain area where they could put a guide line in place. This is a line that attaches the divers to the rescue vessels, and they were trying to put this in place for the other divers that were supposed to come behind them, but the waters were so rough that they ended up having to come up, and they said there were a lot of large obstacles. Before they came up, however, they were able to open the freight door. Now, in this ferry, there was a freight area that carried more than 1,
A diplomatic deal reached to stop war from breaking out, for now. Russia calling for protesters to stand down, but will it be enough to stop the bloody battles in the streets . This as a shocking scene plays out. Antisemitic fliers demanding jews register. We are live this morning with the very latest. Good morning, everyone. Great to see you today. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im Christine Romans, friday, april 18th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news and what is still a searchandrescue operation off the coast of south korea, two days now after a ferry carrying hundreds of passengers, most of them teenagers, after that ferry sank, that ship sank. Were learning now the ships captain was not at the helm when it capsized. The third officer was in command. The ferry is now completely submerged, the death toll rising overnight. Its now 28. There are some 271 still missing, while families cling to the hope more survivors will be found, there is growing anger th