“A ship is a cork on the ocean, make no mistake about that,’’ he said.
That’s the risk they take.”īushy said engine failure that appeared to leave the vessel in the direct path of the storm was “catastrophic,” given the extreme conditions. “There’s not a sailor in the world who doesn’t go out to sea without considering that something could go wrong. “It’s a reality and sadness of the industry,” said Captain Thomas Bushy, the school’s vice president of marine operations. School officials said Griffin’s class just celebrated its 10th anniversary Mathias graduated in 1996. Maritime.Ĭoast Guard cutters planned to continue the search for survivors through the night.Īt Mass. They all graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in Castine.Īlso on board were Mariette Wright, whose mother, Mary Shevory, lives in Brockton, and Jeff Mathias of Kingston, who also graduated from Mass. The crew also included four sailors from Maine, including the captain, Michael Davidson of Windham second mate Danielle Randolph of Rockland Dylan Meklin of Rockland and Michael Holland of Wilson. Maritime Academy in Bourne, had previously worked on the El Faro, which was sailing from Jacksonville, Fla., to Puerto Rico. Katie Griffin said her husband, a graduate of Mass. “Just not being able to talk to him - and the thought of never being able to talk to him - it breaks me up. “He was such a good guy, he had such a big heart,’’ she said. The couple began dating in 2008 and married two years ago, she said. “He said it was going to be a stormy night, and he wouldn’t get much sleep,’’ she said from her Florida home. But he was confident the ship and its crew could handle the conditions. When she spoke with him by phone Wednesday, he told her the storm was worsening and he was expecting to work through the night. His wife, Katie, who is pregnant with twins, said she has been waiting for his return so they could find out the babies’ gender together. Winthrop native Keith Griffin, 33, was serving as the crew’s first engineer. The disaster, apparently preceded by a mechanical failure, left families and friends from Maine to Florida grief-stricken, clinging to a measure of hope against growing despair.
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