Fishing ship sinks off Alaska; 4 dead, 42 survivors
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The captain's son, Scott Jacobsen, told KIRO-TV in Seattle the family wants to know what would cause such a large vessel to sink under conditions it
should have been able to withstand.
"Something was wrong, went really wrong, so we're interested in the details," he said. "Things like that don't just happen. My dad's been
fishing all his life and he's never had anything remotely close to this happen."
The cause of the sinking was under investigation. The ship's owner, the Fishing Company of Alaska, said in a statement that it did "not have
sufficient information to determine why the vessel foundered."
Waves up to 8 feet and 25-knot wind were reported at the time the 184-foot ship sank, Lane said.
Report: Russian bombers intercepted off Alaska
Moscow says long-range patrol was 'escorted' by NATO jets
updated 2:54 a.m. PT, Wed., March. 26, 2008
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MOSCOW - NATO forces sent jets to escort two Russian long-range air force bombers patrolling neutral skies near Alaska on Wednesday, Russian news
agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying.
Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat to the West
Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat to the West
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He compared British newspaper stories that carried allegations of his alleged multi-billion- pound fortune to "detritus excavated from someone's
nostril and smeared across bits of paper.".
"Heads of state have no right to whinge or drool for any reason," he said. "If they are going to slobber and blow snot and say things are bad, bad,
then that's how it will be."
He told western observers who refused to monitor the forthcoming election, widely seen as a sham, that they should "rather teach their own wives how
to cook cabbage soup.
I think the Russians sank this fishing vessel with a kinetic torpedo; this is how WW II began with attacks on
commercial vessels.
[edit on 08/3/26 by nnelsosj]
[edit on 08/3/26 by nnelsosj]