Gibby wrote:Well that makes more sense to me. I couldn't figure out how, if they all had their life jackets on, why they wouldn't still be floating even if they were dead. My thought until I read the above story was that maybe sharks had found them. Wow, taking off their life vests? I'm trying to understand that decision.
Well you don't need to bother trying to understand that decision cause it was based on the mindset of a person suffering from serious delusions brought on by hypothermia. If this was the case where the guys took off their life jackets, wouldn't they have at least found the empty jackets? These were big guys and so the weight of them are probably pulling the jackets just slightly below the water line, which is making it extremely difficult for S&R personnel to spot them. These weren't your average military float coats either, which is what I'd be having in my boat. Float coats have a transmitter/beacon, flashlight, small mirror, highly reflective strips, dye pouches, and can be filled with air manually. That's the gear these guys should have been sporting out on the water in regards to life-saving floatation devices.
As for the accident, it's God's fault cause he created a dangerious ocean. But since God can't be sued, someone else will be, like the boat manufacturer for manufacturing the vessel that brought these men out into harms way. Without that boat, these men would be alive today. Or the city parks & recreational department for not putting up ample warning signs that there's a chance you could die if you launch your small boat at our landing ramp and then go too far out. Or the state for issuing a boating and fishing license to these men without properly training them on the dangers of going out to sea on a small boat. They could also sue the state for not sending out helicopters, boats and planes and warn fishermen in the area that a storm had been detected on radar heading their way.
If enough people sue over the same issues, eventually a jury will rule in favor of the party who is suing. That's why people can sue a tabacco company and win, cause grandma smoked her entire life and got lung cancer but it wasn't her fault at all, but the tabacco company's. Boom....we award you 50M....
