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A CHEMICAL TANKER

OFF THE COAST OF
VIRGINIA EXPLODES.

THERE'S GOTTA BE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TERROR.

DESPERATE, A
YOUNG OFFICER FIGHTS HIS WAY

TO THE BRIDGE.

MAYDAY, MAYDAY,
MAYDAY, WE ARE ON FIRE!

HE'S RISKING HIS LIFE
TO SAVE AS MANY CREW AS HE CAN.

THEIR
ONLY WAY OUT LANDS THEM

IN A STEW OF TOXIC CHEMICALS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE
A WORSE SITUATION.

AND
FOR THE RESCUE TEAM,

IT'S LIKE NOTHING
THEY'VE EVER SEEN.

IT LOOKED LIKE A
HORROR MOVIE.

TO
UNCOVER THE TRUTH,

INVESTIGATORS FACE
A DAUNTING TASK.

WHY WOULD A
SHIP EXPLODE?

AND WAS IT SABOTAGE?

NO CLUE.

ABANDON SHIP!

COME ON!

THE PORT COMPLEX
OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

COLLECTS FUEL TO SERVICE
THE ENTIRE EASTERN SEABOARD.

TONIGHT THE 570-FOOT
CHEMICAL TANKER, BOW MARINER,

IS UNLOADING.

THIRD OFFICER LUGEN
ORTILANO IS ON DECK.

BOW MARINER
IS DESIGNED

TO CARRY CHEMICALS IN BULK.

IT IS 22,587 GROSS TONS.

AND IF YOU SEE THE BOW MARINER,

ON DECK, IT IS FULL OF
CARGO PIPES, STEAM PIPE.

THE CREW
OF 27 ARE DISCHARGING

6,600 TONS OF A FUEL
ADDITIVE CALLED MTBE.

OKAY, BRING IT
IN, STEADY.

IT'S A HIGHLY
FLAMMABLE, EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL,

AND IT NEEDS TO BE
HANDLED WITH CARE.

A LITTLE BIT MORE.

RALPH PUNDT IS
AN EXPERT ON CHEMICAL TANKERS.

WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH
ANY KIND OF EXPLOSIVES,

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS NO CHANCE OF A SPARK

BETWEEN THE SHIP AND THE SHORE.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

WHERE YOU DON'T INTRODUCE
AN IGNITION SOURCE.

SLOWLY, SLOWLY.

MOVING
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IS RISKY,

BUT IT'S NECESSARY.

CHEMICALS ARE SUCH A BIG
PART OF OUR TODAY'S SOCIETY.

SO THAT ALL HAS
TO BE TRANSPORTED.

GIVE ME A BOLT.

SAFETY IS KEY,

AND IT'S ONE OF LUGEN'S MOST
IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES.

NUMBER 8 WING, NEXT.

AS A THIRD OFFICER,
I HAVE TO SEE TO IT

THAT THE CARGO
HOSE ARE TIGHTENED

VERY WELL WITH NO LEAKS.

MAKE SURE THERE'S
NO LEAKS, GUYS.

GET ANOTHER BOLT.

LUGEN HAS WORKED
AS A DECKHAND FOR EIGHT YEARS.

THIS IS HIS FIRST
TRIP AS AN OFFICER.

I WAS VERY HAPPY.

I'M ALREADY FULFILLED MY
DREAM TO BECOME OFFICER.

THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE
TO BECOME A CAPTAIN SOMEDAY.

WITH
THE MTBE UNLOADED,

BOW MARINER MOVES ON TO
ITS NEXT PORT OF CALL

TO UNLOAD THE REST OF
ITS CARGO, ETHANOL.

THEY'VE TRAVELED
MORE THAN 6,000 MILES

FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO NEW YORK.

IN SEVEN DAYS,

THEY SHOULD REACH THEIR FINAL
DESTINATION, HOUSTON, TEXAS.

CAPTAIN.

I WAS ON THE
BRIDGE ON MY WATCH.

USUALLY, I DO SOME CORRECTION,
CHECK THE POSITION,

AND CHECK THE VESSEL
AROUND THE VICINITY.

THIRD.

CAPTAIN?

REPORT TO DECK
FOR TANK CLEANING.

YES, SIR.

THEY'RE NOW GETTING
READY FOR THE NEXT PRODUCT

THAT THEY WANT TO PUT
INTO THE MTBE TANKS.

SO, THERE IS A PROCESS

WHERE YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO WASH THE TANKS.

YOU HAVE TO GET
THAT RESIDUE OUT.

IT'S A VERY
STRONG SMELL.

MOST OF THE CREW ARE USED TO
IT, THE SMELL OF THE CHEMICALS,

BECAUSE IT'S A CHEMICAL TANKER.

SIX MASSIVE
CENTER TANKS ARE STILL FULL

WITH MORE THAN 3,000,000
GALLONS OF ETHANOL.

THE 22 WING TANKS ON
THE SIDES ARE EMPTY

AND NEED TO BE CLEANED.

OH, IT'S A
LOT OF TANKS,

MAYBE THREE OR FOUR DAYS
TO FINISH ALL THOSE TANKS.

INSIDE
EACH EMPTY TANK

THERE'S STILL A TOXIC
RESIDUE OF DEADLY VAPOR.

IT'S A VERY BIG SPACE

FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT FUMES.

MARIO VITTONE IS
AN EXPERT ON SAFETY AT SEA.

IT'S NOT A FUME YOU
WANT TO BREATHE IN AND OUT.

IT'S NOT A CHEMICAL
YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

READY?

YEAH, YEAH.

NORMALLY
THE CREW STAY ON DECK

AND USE A POWERFUL PUMP TO
REMOVE LEFTOVER CHEMICALS

FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLD.

OKAY.

TODAY THE
MAIN PUMP IS BROKEN,

SO THE SHIP'S BOSUN HAS
BEEN ORDERED TO GO DOWN

AND USE A SMALL PORTABLE PUMP.

BOSUN WAS
CLEANING THE TANK,

AND HE'S THE ONE USING
THE BREATHING APPARATUS.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING
THAT'S KEEPING YOU ALIVE.

SEND IT IN.

INSIDE
THE MASK IS LIFE.

OUTSIDE THE MASK IS DEATH.

AS THE
CREW LOWER THE PUMP

THEY NEED TO BE
EXTREMELY CAREFUL.

YOU'RE ADDING
AN UNKNOWN OBJECT

INTO A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

FURTHER, COME ON.

YOU COULD MAKE CONTACT
WITH A METAL TO METAL,

MAKE A SPARK.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,

HE WAS IN A FLAMMABLE ENVIRONMENT.

-STOP!
-ALL RIGHT.

IT CAN
TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR

TO CLEAN A SINGLE TANK.

WITH THE SMALLER PUMP, IT
COULD TAKE EVEN LONGER.

DARN IT!

THE PUMP'S NOT WORKING.

SEND IT UP.

THE PUMP WAS MALFUNCTION AND
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE PUMP.

WHILE THEY WAIT

FOR YET ANOTHER
REPLACEMENT PUMP,

THE CLEANING CREW
BREAK FOR DINNER.

DOMINATOR MARENTES IS THE
CHIEF COOK ON THE SHIP.

OKAY, BOYS.
MARENTES, COMO ESTAS?

GOOD,
GOOD, YEAH, YEAH.

-SMELLS GOOD.
-IT IS FANTASTIC.

YEAH, IS THIS THE
DOMINATOR SPECIAL?

DOMINATOR SPECIAL.

AH-HA, THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, BOYS.

SO, WE HAVE SOME RICE.
WHO WANTS RICE?

MOST OF THE CREW
I KNOW VERY WELL

BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A CADET
I WAS TOGETHER WITH THEM.

WE'LL
GET SOME ADOBO FOR YOU.

GIVE ME A LOT.
GIVE ME SOME OF THAT.

OKAY, HERE.

MOST OF US
BECAME FRIENDS,

BUT ONE PARTICULAR GUY
IS BENEDICTO CABRERA.

-HERE YOU GO BOY.
-ALL RIGHT.

BENEDICTO WAS LIKE
A BROTHER TO ME.

HE TAUGHT ME A LOT BECAUSE
HE'S A WELL-EXPERIENCED GUY.

NOT BAD, EH?
NOT BAD.

AFTER DINNER,
LUGEN'S SHIFT IS OVER.

FOR ME, IT'S
JUST A NORMAL DAY.

I NEVER THINK THAT
SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.

OTHER CREW
WILL BE WORKING OVERTIME.

-BRIDGE?
-BRIDGE.

CAN YOU
TURN ON THE DECK LIGHTS, PLEASE?

I HEARD A SERIES
OF EXPLOSIONS.

I SAW ORANGE FLAME
ALL OVER THE DECK.

I THINK THE EXPLOSION
WAS SO MASSIVE

THAT NOBODY CAN SURVIVE.

CHEMICAL TANKER
BOW MARINER IS ON FIRE.

THE REST OF HER CARGO
COULD BLOW ANY SECOND.

THIRD OFFICER LUGEN
ORTILANO DOESN'T KNOW

IF ANY OF HIS CREWMATES
ARE STILL ALIVE.

THE LIGHTS WERE OFF,

AND I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE
AFT PORTION OF THE SHIP.

MOST OF THE AREA WAS ON FIRE.

ALL THE PIPELINES ON
DECK WERE CRUMPLED.

ALL THE STEEL ON THE SIDE
OF THE SHIP WERE DAMAGED.

CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN,
ORDERS, CAPTAIN?

THAT'S WHEN I SAW THE CAPTAIN

AND ASK HIM IF HE
SEND A DISTRESS.

HAVE YOU SENT THE MAYDAY?

HE WAS PALE AND A
LITTLE BIT OF SHOCK,

AND HE'S NOT ANSWERING.

I WAS THINKING IF
NOBODY SEND A DISTRESS,

WHO WILL SEND THE DISTRESS?

BECAUSE THE ONLY HOPE TO
SURVIVE IS TO SEND A DISTRESS.

THAT'S WHY I TOOK THE
RISK TO GO TO THE BRIDGE.

FLAMES
ENGULF THE SHIP

AS LUGEN MAKES HIS
WAY UP TO THE BRIDGE.

IT WASN'T JUST A
WALK UP TO THE BRIDGE.

IT WAS A WALK UP TO THE
BRIDGE ON A BURNING, EXPLODED,

SINKING VESSEL.

THE REST OF
THE CREW ARE DESPERATE

TO GET OFF THE SHIP.

ALL THE GLASS
WERE BROKEN.

ALL THE EQUIPMENTS WERE BURNED.

AH, MAYDAY, MAYDAY,
MAYDAY, WE ARE ON FIRE!

WE ARE ON FIRE!

THERE'S GOTTA BE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TERROR.

IS IT GONNA BLOW UP
FROM UNDERNEATH ME?

IS THIS GONNA BE IT?

I WASN'T ABLE TO
FINISH THAT MAYDAY CALL

BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY
FIRE AND IT WAS REALLY HOT.

THE COAST GUARD
RESPONDS TO THE MAYDAY CALL.

BOW
MARINER, BOW MARINER,

WHAT IS YOUR
POSITION, BOW MARINER?

HE WASN'T THERE
TO ANSWER THE CALL

BECAUSE HE WAS
CLIMBING UP ON THE ROOF

TO DO THE NEXT
THING HE HAD TO DO.

LUGEN
IS TRYING TO GET

A DEVICE CALLED THE
EPIRB, A RADIO BEACON.

HE'S RISKING HIS LIFE

AND DID WHAT I THINK WAS
THE MOST CRITICAL THING,

WHICH WAS THROW THE EPIRB OVER

THAT WOULD CONSTANTLY
UPDATE THE RESCUERS

WITH THE LOCATION
OF THE DISTRESS.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO DO HIS BEST

TO SAVE AS MANY CREW AS HE CAN.

THE EPIRB ACTIVATES
ONCE IT HITS THE WATER,

AND TRANSMITS COORDINATES

WHICH ARE RELAYED TO THE
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.

A HELICOPTER RESCUE
CREW SCRAMBLES.

THEY CAN GET THERE
IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

THEY TOLD US THAT THERE
WAS A TANKER ON FIRE.

THAT'S KIND OF ON
THE EXTREME END

OF WHAT WE TYPICALLY RESPOND TO.

IT'S EXTREMELY RARE
TO GO OUT TO A RESCUE

AND HAVE SOME FIRE
ELEMENT EXPOSED TO YOU.

USUALLY BY THE TIME YOU
GET THERE, THE FIRE IS OUT.

IT WILL BE UP TO
RESCUE SWIMMER DAVE CADORETTE

TO GO INTO THE WATER.

IT FELT LIKE
THIS WAS MY SHOW,

LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE DOING
THE RESCUING OF THESE PEOPLE.

SO, I FELT A TON OF PRESSURE.

THE CREW IS
FLYING INTO THE UNKNOWN.

UNTIL WE GOT ON SCENE,

WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
IT WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE,

OR SMELL LIKE OR, OR FEEL LIKE.

THE FLAMES
ARE SPREADING FAST

AS LUGEN MAKES HIS WAY
DOWN TO A LOWER DECK.

WHAT I SEE IS JUST
LIKE TITANIC, THE MOVIE TITANIC.

IT'S SINKING IN THE BOW,
AND AFT PORTION IS GOING UP.

THE CAPTAIN
AND MOST SURVIVING CREW

HAVE ALREADY GONE
INTO THE ICY COLD SEA.

THREE ARE STILL
CLINGING TO THE RAILS,

AN ENGINEER, A SEAMAN, AND
DOMINATOR, THE SHIP'S COOK.

WE HAVE TO JUMP IN
THE WATER, LET'S GO!

THEY'RE READY TO JUMP,

BUT LUGEN STOPS THEM.

DO NOT JUMP!

DO NOT JUMP!

AND I TOLD THEM NOT TO JUMP,
BECAUSE THE SHIP IS VERY HIGH

TO JUMP TO THE LIFE RAFT.

HE KNOWS
THE WATER'S COLD.

HE KNOWS THEY'RE NOT
GONNA LAST LONG IN IT.

THEY MUST TRUST ME.

HE'S DECIDED TO
BE THE CAPTAIN NOW,

AND HE'S GONNA BE IN CHARGE.

NO, NO, DON'T GET
IN THE WATER YET.

WAIT TILL THE BOAT GETS LOWER.

DON'T JUMP, DON'T
JUMP, DON'T JUMP!

SO THAT, LET'S STAY ON
THE SINKING, BURNING BOAT

A LITTLE BIT LONGER,
WAS A PRETTY COOL MOVE,

AND A PRETTY COLLECTED IDEA.

I WAITED FOR THE SHIP
TO SINK A LITTLE BIT.

HIS DECISION
BUYS THEM PRECIOUS SECONDS

TO REACH THE LIFE RAFT BEFORE
THE FRIGID WATER TAKES HOLD.

JUMP OVER HERE!

JUMP HERE! JUMP HERE!

AND THE SECOND ENGINEER,

I HELP HIM TO GET
INSIDE THE RAFT.

RIGHT NOW! JUMP NOW!

COME ON, JUMP!

COME ON!

THEY'VE MANAGED
TO GET INTO THE LIFE RAFT.

ANYONE ELSE ABLE
TO GET OFF THE SHIP

IS NOW FLOATING IN THE
NEAR-FREEZING, TOXIC SEA.

THERE'S A THING THAT
HAPPENS IN VERY COLD WATER

CALLED COLD INCAPACITATION.

IT SUCKS THE HEAT
FROM YOUR MUSCLES,

AND THAT SLOWS YOUR NERVES,

AND THEN IN ABOUT 10 TO 15
MINUTES, YOU SIMPLY CAN'T MOVE.

SUDDENLY, THE LIFE
RAFT HIT SOMETHING,

AND WE SAW TWO CREW MEMBERS.

AND WE HELPED THEM CARRY
ON BOARD THE LIFE RAFT.

HELP ME! HELP ME!

WE CAN HEAR PEOPLE
SHOUTING FOR HELP,

BUT YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING.

IN A RAFT, YOU CAN'T
REALLY GET TO 'EM.

OVER HERE!

A RAFT IS BUILT
NOT TO MOVE.

IT'S GOT BALLAST BAGS ON IT.

I'M HERE!

THERE'S
FUEL OIL, BUNKER OIL,

A MILLION GALLONS OF
ETHANOL FLOATING AROUND.

I CAN'T IMAGINE A
WORSE SITUATION.

FUMES FROM ALL
THE ENGINE OIL AND ETHANOL

ARE STREAMING INTO
THE LIFE RAFT,

THREATENING TO
OVERWHELM THE SURVIVORS.

HIGH ABOVE,

A C-130 EQUIPPED WITH THERMAL
IMAGING SURVEILS THE SITE.

THE C-130 THAT WAS
FLYING OVERHEAD

HAD AN INFRA-RED IMAGER

THAT ALLOWED THEM TO SEE THE
HEAT SIGNATURE FROM A SURVIVOR

OR A VICTIM THAT WAS
FLOATING IN THE WATER.

THEY SPOT
WHITE TRACES IN A LIFE RAFT.

IT'S LUGEN AND HIS SMALL
GROUP CLINGING TO LIFE.

TARGET HAS BEEN FOUND.

TARGET'S BEEN FOUND.

I HAVE EYES ON TARGET!

ONCE YOU TRANSITION
FROM A SEARCH MODE

TO A RESCUE MODE,

YOUR ADRENALINE SPIKES.

THIS IS WHY YOU JOIN
COAST GUARD AVIATION,

TO ACTUALLY SAVE A LIFE.

WHEN THE
RESCUERS LOWER INTO POSITION,

THEY'RE SURPRISED BY THE
STRENGTH OF THE CHEMICAL FUMES.

ONCE WE DID GET ON SCENE,

THE WATER HAD VAPORS
COMING OFF OF IT.

IT KINDA BURNED THE
BACK OF YOUR THROAT.

WHOA, GET A
LOAD OF THAT!

YOU COULD KIND OF SMELL
LIKE RUBBING ALCOHOL.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
WE WERE FACING

WAS THESE FUMES WERE JUST
COMING IN THE COCKPIT.

IT WAS A
HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT.

IT WAS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE.

THEY KNOW THE
SURVIVORS DESPERATELY NEED HELP,

BUT IT MIGHT BE TOO
DANGEROUS TO GO IN.

IS THIS SOMETHING WE
WERE WILLING

TO RISK OUR LIVES FOR?

AS THE CHEMICAL
TANKER BOW MARINER SINKS

INTO THE ATLANTIC,

SIX MEN ARE FIGHTING
THE FREEZING COLD

AND THE DEADLY FUMES
SPREADING ACROSS THE WATER.

WE HUDDLED TOGETHER
TO ELIMINATE HEAT LOSS.

AND THE TWO PERSON WE
CARRY FROM THE WATER,

THEY'RE NOT MOVING ANY MORE.

COAST GUARD
RESCUERS HAVE ARRIVED ON SCENE,

BUT THEY CAN'T COME TOO CLOSE.

THE HELICOPTER PUTS
OUT HURRICANE FORCE WINDS

UNDERNEATH US.

AND THE CONCERN WAS THAT
THOSE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS

MIGHT BLOW THE LIFE
RAFT OVER, CAPSIZE IT.

WE HEARD THE NOISE
OF THE HELICOPTER.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THOSE
TWO GUYS ARE STILL ALIVE.

WE KNEW THEY DIDN'T
HAVE ALL THAT LONG.

AND THE WAY THINGS WERE GOING,

WE WERE PRETTY CONVINCED

THAT IF WE DIDN'T DO
SOMETHING KINDA FAST,

THEY WERE GONNA DIE.

THE
ONLY WAY TO SAVE THEM

IS TO PUT RESCUE SWIMMER DAVE
CADORETTE INTO THE WATER.

BUT THE TEAM'S AFRAID
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

I DON'T KNOW, DAVE.

THIS ISN'T LOOKING GOOD.

THE PILOTS, THEY DID
NOT WANT ME TO GO DOWN THERE.

EVERYBODY WAS FIRMLY
AGAINST ME GOING DOWN THERE

BECAUSE THEY WERE
FEELING THE EFFECTS

AND THEY WEREN'T
EVEN IN THE WATER.

SO, IF I GOT DOWN THERE,
WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

IT'S A RISK
DAVE'S PREPARED TO TAKE.

HEY, PUT ME IN!

HE ASSURES THE TEAM

HE'LL STAY HOOKED TO THE
HELICOPTER AT ALL TIMES.

WE'LL DO WHAT WE
CALL DIRECT DEPLOYMENT,

WHICH IS I DON'T
COME OFF THE HOOK.

I STAY CONNECTED
TO THE HELICOPTER.

SO, IF THESE CHEMICALS
JUST OVERWHELM ME,

THEY WOULD JUST REEL ME RIGHT
BACK UP LIKE A FISHING LINE.

AS DAVE IS
LOWERED, THERE'S ANOTHER DANGER.

THE GAS VAPOR ON THE
WATER IS ALSO FLAMMABLE.

A HELICOPTER IN FLIGHT
BUILDS UP STATIC ELECTRICITY.

THAT ELECTRICITY CAN SURGE

ALONG THE SAME
LINE LOWERING DAVE.

THIS ELECTRICITY
WILL DISCHARGE

THROUGH ME INTO THE WATER,

CREATING A SPARK.

AND ALL THESE OTHER CHEMICALS
THAT WERE IN THE WATER

POSSIBLY COULD'VE IGNITED
AND BLOWN UP OUR HELICOPTER,

BLOWN UP THE PEOPLE WE
WERE TRYING TO RESCUE.

OVER HERE!

I HIT THE WATER,
THERE'S NO SPARK.

IT'S OVERWHELMING HOW MANY
CHEMICALS ARE IN THE WATER.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING INTENSELY
DRUNK, JUST IMMEDIATELY.

I'M NOT ABLE TO GET THESE
PEOPLE CLOSE ENOUGH TO ME

WHERE I CAN GRAB 'EM.

SO, I DISCONNECT
FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

HE'S OFF THE CABLE!

DAVE'S OFF THE CABLE!

I WAS REALLY
SCARED FOR DAVE.

HE'S EXERTING HIMSELF

BY SWIMMING HUNDREDS OF
YARDS IN FREEZING COLD WATER,

AND BREATHING ALL THAT STUFF IN

THE WHOLE TIME HE'S DOING IT.

I WAS IN THIS
RACE AGAINST TIME.

THE LONGER I SPENT IN THE WATER,

THE MORE LIKELY I WAS
NOT GONNA COME BACK.

US COAST
GUARD, I'M HERE TO HELP.

INSIDE, EVERYTHING'S
COVERED WITH OIL.

-THERE'S SIX OF US.
-OKAY.

I'M GONNA GET YOU
OUT OF HERE, OKAY?

HE SAY, "ONE AT A
TIME, JUST KEEP CALM.

"DON'T PANIC, AND EVERYTHING
WILL BE LIFTED TO THE CHOPPER."

EXACTLY, I'M
HERE WITH YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET YOU HOME.

LET'S GET YOU HOME!

IT'S SO COLD.

THE WATER IS VERY COLD.

ONE BY ONE, THE
SIX MEN ARE HOISTED ABOARD.

SOME ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

YOU OKAY? YEAH?

THE SIXTH SURVIVOR, HE
HAD NO WHITE IN HIS EYES.

WHEN HE OPENED HIS MOUTH,
ALL THAT CAME OUT WAS OIL.

IT LOOKED LIKE A HORROR MOVIE.

AFTER FORTY-FIVE
MINUTES IN THE WATER,

THE FUMES ARE DISORIENTING DAVE.

ONCE I HAD EVERYBODY
UP IN THE AIRCRAFT,

THAT'S WHEN IT OCCURRED TO ME

THAT I'M IN THIS REALLY,
REALLY BAD SITUATION.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO FUNCTION 100%.

ALL THIS IS JUST OVERWHELMING.

FROM MY VANTAGE POINT,

IT LOOKED LIKE DAVE
WAS JUST SITTING THERE.

I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER
RESCUE SWIMMER.

MY PANIC REALLY
STARTED SETTING IN

OF I DON'T HAVE ANY
WAY TO RETRIEVE HIM.

I WAS SEEING
LIKE FOUR HOOKS.

I MIGHT NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE
I CAN'T SEEM TO CONNECT

TO THE HOIST CABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, GET PULLED UP.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE I HAD
TO HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH IT

FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY SEE IT.

SO, I FINALLY, I'M
ABLE TO GRAB THIS HOOK,

AND THAT WAS LIKE INSTANT RELIEF

BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS GONNA LIVE.

WELCOME BACK, DAVE!

GOOD?
YEAH.

DAVE IS RESCUED,
BUT INSIDE THE HELICOPTER

THERE'S A NEW DANGER.

MY CONCERN
WAS THE CABIN

WAS SATURATED WITH
OIL AND WATER.

THEY HEAD
TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL,

BUT NOW FUMES INSIDE THE
CABIN THREATEN TO OVERCOME

THE REST OF THE CREW.

IT WAS VERY NAUSEATING.

I WAS IMMEDIATELY
CONCERNED FOR THE PILOTS.

ME PASSING OUT IS ONE THING,

A PILOT PASSING OUT IS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

I WAS REALLY THANKFUL

THAT THE CASE WAS ABOUT
THIRTY MILES OFFSHORE

AND NOT A HUNDRED
MILES OFFSHORE,

BECAUSE ANOTHER HOUR
IN THAT ATMOSPHERE

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF US

WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING VERY WELL.

THE
HELICOPTER FINALLY LANDS

AT THE NORFOLK SENTARA HOSPITAL.

RECEIVED SIX PEOPLE
BY THE COAST GUARD

AROUND 9:30 THIS EVENING.

OF THOSE SIX PEOPLE, ONE
IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION,

TWO ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

THE REMAINING ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION.

WE DO EXPECT THAT THEY'LL
ACTUALLY BE TREATED AND RELEASED

SOMETIME IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

ALL SIX WHO MADE
IT TO THE HOSPITAL SURVIVE.

THE CAPTAIN AND THE REST
OF THE CREW ARE GONE.

IT'S THE DEADLIEST MARITIME
DISASTER IN THE REGION

IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

IT COST 21 LIVES
ON THAT ACCIDENT.

MOST OF THEM ARE MY FRIENDS.

AMONG THOSE
LOST, BENEDICTO CABRERA.

IT WAS NOONTIME HERE IN
PHILIPPINES, I RECEIVE A CALL.

WE CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT WAS HAPPENING.

MY MOTHER WAS CRYING.

WE CAN'T...

THE UNITED
STATES COAST GUARD LAUNCHES

AN URGENT INVESTIGATION INTO
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION,

AND WHY SO MANY PEOPLE DIED.

SENIOR INVESTIGATOR JERRY
CROOKS IS IN CHARGE.

EVIDENCE IS THE
FOUNDATION OF THE INVESTIGATION.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT EVERY FINDING OF FACT,

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
LEAVE A STONE UNTURNED.

INVESTIGATOR CHRIS O'NEAL

IS ALSO ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.

WHY WOULD A
SHIP EXPLODE?

I WAS THINKING THROUGH
MY MIND, WAS IT SABOTAGE?

WAS SOMEONE ON
THERE THAT DID IT?

NO CLUE.

WE KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
HAD TO GET INFORMATION QUICK.

WITH THE SHIP
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA,

FINDING EVIDENCE WON'T BE EASY.

36 HOURS AFTER THE
BOW MARINER GOES DOWN,

COAST GUARD INVESTIGATORS NEED
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY CONTACT THE SHIP'S
LAST PORT OF CALL

TO SECURE AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF EVIDENCE,

SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOT THE
MORNING OF THE DISASTER.

THE LAST TERMINAL,
THEY HAD VIDEO FOOTAGE

OF THE SHIP'S ARRIVAL,
IT'S DEPARTURE,

AND THE CONNECTION AND
DISCONNECTION OF THE HOSE.

THEY'RE UNLOADING 5900
METRIC TONS OF MTBE.

WE WANTED TO WATCH

AND SEE IF THE CREW DID
ANYTHING UNUSUAL OR IMPROPER

WHILE THEY WERE IN PORT,

BECAUSE THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING

ABOUT THE COMPETENCE
OF THE CREW.

THOSE PEOPLE
WERE JUST WORKING.

AND THEY WERE ALIVE, AND
THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB,

AND NOW THEY'RE NO LONGER THERE.

THAT CERTAINLY HAS AN IMPACT.

AFTER
POURING OVER EVERY FRAME

OF SECURITY FOOTAGE, IT
APPEARS UP UNTIL THE TIME

THE BOW MARINER LEFT
THE NEW YORK AREA,

ITS CREW WAS OPERATING SAFELY.

DEPARTING NEW YORK
IS THE POINT AT WHICH

THE STORY REALLY BEGINS.

THE UNITED
STATES NAVY COMES FORWARD

WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION
THAT'S NORMALLY CLASSIFIED.

THE NAVY'S UNDERWATER
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

HAS AN ARRAY OF SENSORS
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC

THAT CAN DETECT THE SOUND
OF A SUBMARINE'S ENGINE.

THIS TIME, IT'S PICKED
UP THE LAST MOMENTS

OF THE BOW MARINER.

THAT
INFORMATION CONFIRMED,

RIGHT DOWN TO THE SECOND,

THE EXACT MOMENT OF
THE FIRST EXPLOSION.

O'Neal: 18:05.

CAN WE GET 18:05
ON THE BOARD, PLEASE?

THEY LISTEN CLOSELY

AND DISCOVER NOT ONE
EXPLOSION, BUT A RAPID SERIES.

THERE WAS AN INITIAL
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.

AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER
SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS.

THERE'S
THE SECOND EXPLOSION.

CAN YOU PUT DOWN
18:06, PLEASE?

IT MEANS THE TANKS
EXPLODED ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

BUT WHICH TANK EXPLODED FIRST?

THE SURVIVORS MIGHT KNOW,

BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM
GETTING THEM TO TALK.

THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR AN EYEWITNESS,

BUT THE COMPANY HAD DECIDED
TO TELL THEM TO NOT TALK.

YOU COULDN'T GET INFORMATION
FROM ANYBODY ON THE SHIP.

WITH NO
HELP FROM THE CREW,

INVESTIGATORS LOOK FOR
ANSWERS 250-FEET DOWN

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

A REMOTELY OPERATED
VEHICLE TRANSMITS

THE FIRST IMAGES OF THE WRECK.

THE FIRST THING
THAT STRUCK ME

WAS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE,

THAT IT WAS MASSIVE,
ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.

MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT.

THEY COULD LITERALLY
DRIVE THE ROV INSIDE.

THE SHEER SCALE,
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

ABOUT A THIRD OF THE SHIP
JUST LOOKED LIKE SHRAPNEL,

ALMOST SOMETHING THAT YOU'D SEE

OUT OF AN OLD WORLD WAR II
VIDEO OF A MINE GOING OFF

AND, YOU KNOW, THE SHIP
EXPLODING INTO PIECES.

INVESTIGATORS
SEARCH FOR CLUES

THAT MIGHT TELL THEM WHICH
TANKS EXPLODED FIRST.

THE SIDE-SCAN SONAR

AND ROV IMAGERY POINT
TO A SURPRISING ANSWER.

THE CENTER TANKS
ARE MOSTLY INTACT.

THE CENTER TANKS THAT HELD
THE ETHANOL DID NOT EXPLODE.

ALL BUT ONE OF THE
ETHANOL TANKS ARE STILL FULL

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

INVESTIGATORS TURN
THEIR ATTENTION

TO THE EMPTY MTBE WING TANKS.

THE WING TANKS WERE
COMPLETELY MISSING

IN PLACES ALONG THE PORT
AND STARBOARD SIDES.

INVESTIGATORS NOW KNOW

IT WAS THE MTBE
TANKS THAT EXPLODED.

WHY WOULD THE
EMPTY TANKS BLOW?

A RECENTLY UNLOADED TANK
IS PROBABLY MUCH MORE DANGEROUS

THAN A FULLY LOADED TANK

BECAUSE IT HAS A COMBINATION
OF OXYGEN, VAPORIZING FUMES.

WHEN A TANK IS
FULL, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN,

SO IT CAN'T EXPLODE.

IN AN EMPTY TANK,

DANGER OCCURS WHEN THE
OXYGEN REACHES 10%,

AND THE FUMES ARE AROUND 5%.

WE CALL THAT THE
FLAMMABLE RANGE.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE
FLAMMABLE RANGE,

ALL IT NEEDS IS AN
IGNITION SOURCE.

THE TANKS NEEDED
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OXYGEN

IN ORDER TO EXPLODE.

BUT WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

AS INVESTIGATORS EXAMINE
MORE IMAGES OF THE WRECK,

THEY DISCOVER
SOMETHING STARTLING.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
GO BACK.

BACK ONE MORE.

IT'S NOT JUST
ONE MTBE TANK THAT'S OPEN,

IT'S ALL 22.

THE CARGO HATCH
COVERS AREN'T THERE,

BUT THEY'RE NOT DAMAGED.

IT'S NOT THAT THE COVERS
BLEW OFF IN THE EXPLOSION,

THEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN OPEN,

AND THAT'S THE MOMENT YOU SAY,

"WELL, WHY WOULD THEY BE OPEN?"

BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T
EXPECT THEM TO BE OPEN.

IT DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.

THE HATCHES ARE
ONLY SAFE TO BE LEFT OPEN

ONCE THE TANK HAS BEEN PROPERLY
CLEANED AND VENTILATED.

TO SEE 22
TANKS OPENED UP

WHEN THEY WERE ONLY A FEW
HOURS INTO THE VOYAGE,

THAT'S JUST NOT NORMAL.

THEY COULD NOT
POSSIBLY HAVE FINISHED

ALL OF THE TANK
CLEANING BY THAT TIME.

AT THAT POINT,

WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING HAD
BEEN GOING ON WITH THE TANKS,

AND THAT IT WAS NOT
STANDARD PRACTICE.

THE HUNT FOR
ANSWERS LEADS INVESTIGATORS

TO A SEAPORT HALFWAY
AROUND THE WORLD,

TO SINGAPORE TO TRACK
DOWN ITS SISTER SHIP,

THE BOW TRANSPORTER.

THE BOW TRANSPORTER
ALLOWS ME TO SEE

WHAT THE BOW MARINER LOOKED
LIKE BEFORE IT WAS DAMAGED.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE
TANK CLEANING OPERATION

THAT WAS HAPPENING
ON THE BOW MARINER,

AND WHAT I COULD
LEARN ABOUT THAT

FROM LOOKING AT THE EQUIPMENT
ON THE BOW TRANSPORTER.

PROPERLY
MANAGED AND CLEANED,

CHEMICAL TANKS
ARE NOT DANGEROUS.

I WANTED TO GO
INSIDE THE TANKS,

SO I COULD UNDERSTAND
THE CONSTRUCTION

AND THE SIZE OF THE TANKS.

IN ORDER TO
CLEAN ITS TANKS SAFELY,

THE SHIP IS EQUIPPED

WITH WHAT'S KNOWN AS
AN INERT GAS SYSTEM.

WITH THE INERT GAS
SYSTEM, THE WAY IT WORKS,

I'M GOING TO FLOOD THOSE
TANKS WITH INERT GAS.

A FLAMMABLE
CHEMICAL SURROUNDED BY INERT GAS

WILL NOT IGNITE, MAKING IT
PERFECTLY SAFE FOR CLEANING.

YOU CANNOT
SUPPORT COMBUSTION

OF ANY SHAPE, WAY,
OR FORM IN THAT TANK.

ONCE
THE TANK IS CLEANED,

IT'S THEN VENTILATED WITH FRESH
AIR THAT'S SAFE TO BREATHE.

IT LOOKS FINE.

THE EQUIPMENT ON BOARD
WAS PRESENT, AND OPERATING,

AND IN GOOD CONDITION,

AND WE RAN TESTS TO VERIFY THAT.

AFTER
VISITING THE SISTER SHIP,

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BOW
MARINER WAS WELL-EQUIPPED

TO CLEAN TANKS SAFELY.

IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN
WHAT WENT WRONG.

THERE'S ONLY ONE
GROUP OF PEOPLE

WHO CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
AND THAT'S THE SURVIVORS.

YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT
TIME WE TALK TO THE CREW?

YES, SIR.

THE SURVIVORS
HAVE BEEN ADVISED

BY THEIR LAWYERS NOT TO TALK.

BUT AFTER MONTHS OF LEGAL
WRANGLING, THEY'RE HOMESICK.

THEY PETITIONED THE
PHILIPPINE EMBASSY

FOR TRAVEL PAPERS

TO GO HOME.

THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY SAID

WHEN THEY TALKED TO THE COAST
GUARD, THEY CAN GO HOME.

AND THAT WAS THE STRAW THAT
BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK.

IT'S LUGEN'S FIRST
MEETING WITH INVESTIGATORS

SINCE THE NIGHT OF THE TRAGEDY.

HI MR. ORTILANO, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR MEETING WITH US.

YES, SIR.

JERRY CROOKS,
CHRIS O'NEAL.

THE THIRD OFFICER
IN PARTICULAR

HAD THE MOST INVOLVEMENT
IN WHAT WAS GOING ON

BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ON WATCH
WHEN THEY LEFT NEW YORK.

LET'S START
AT THE BEGINNING.

WELL, IT STARTED
AS A NORMAL DAY, SIR.

VERY NICE GUY.

HE DO NOT PUSH HIS AGENDA.

HE JUST ASKED QUESTION,
"WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?"

WE WERE HEADING TO HOUSTON

AND EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.

THERE WAS NO PROBLEM.

THE CAPTAIN TOLD ME
TO OPEN ALL THE HATCHES

ON THE WING TANKS OF THE SHIP.

ALL OF THEM?

YES.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S IN HIS MIND

TO OPEN ALL THE
HATCH OF THE TANK.

DECK WATCH?

YEAH, DECK WATCH.

OPEN ALL HATCHES ON
THE WING TANKS, PLEASE.

ALL OF THEM?

YES, ALL OF THEM.

OKAY, COPY.

THANK YOU.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE MOTIVATIONS WERE.

BUT IT TELLS US

THAT THEY WEREN'T FOLLOWING
STANDARD INDUSTRY PRACTICE.

AND FOR SOME REASON,

THEY FELT THAT THEY NEEDED
TO GET IT DONE MORE QUICKLY.

THEY DID NOT INTRODUCE
INERT GAS INTO THE SYSTEM.

THEY OPENED UP THE HATCHES

WHICH WOULD ALLOW
OXYGEN TO COME IN.

AS OXYGEN COMES IN,

IT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER
TO THE FLAMMABLE RANGE,

AND THAT'S WHEN
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.

ONCE WE HEARD THAT THEY
WENT INSIDE THE TANKS,

YOU START TO THINK ABOUT

WELL WHAT EQUIPMENT
DID THEY HAVE ON?

WAS THE EQUIPMENT METAL?

WAS IT RUBBING UP AGAINST
ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL,

CREATING A SPARK?

AND HOW CAREFUL WERE THEY BEING?

THE TANK CLEANING
OPERATION WAS DANGEROUS,

BUT AFTER TALKING TO SURVIVORS,

IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR IF THAT'S
WHAT STARTED THE EXPLOSIONS.

INVESTIGATORS NEED HARD EVIDENCE

OR THEIR CASE WILL
GRIND TO A HALT.

THAT EVIDENCE COMES FROM
A SURPRISING SOURCE.

CREW ABOARD A NEARBY SHIP

ACTUALLY FILMED THE DISASTER
AS IT WAS UNFOLDING.

THIS WAS SHOT JUST
SECONDS AFTER THE EXPLOSION.

JUST HAVING THAT
WITNESS THAT HAD SEEN THAT

WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

TO HAVE SOMEONE LOOKING
DIRECTLY AT THE SHIP

AND REPORTING WHAT HE SAW IN
TERMS OF A SPARK, AND A FLAME,

AND THE COLOR OF THE
FLAME, AND SO FORTH,

YOU DON'T USUALLY GET
THOSE KINDS OF DETAILS.

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
IS WHAT ONE EYEWITNESS SAW

JUST SECONDS BEFORE THE
CAMERA STARTED ROLLING.

THEY SAID THE FIRE
STARTED OVER HERE.

BUT THE CREW WERE WORKING
AT HOLD EIGHT, BACK THERE.

MOST OF THE TANK CLEANING
WAS ACTUALLY OCCURRING

IN THE NUMBER EIGHT
STARBOARD TANK AREA.

BUT THE SPARK AND THE FIRE
ACTUALLY HAPPENED FORWARD

ON THE PORT SIDE.

IT HELPS US BECAUSE
WE KNEW THAT THE FIRE

ACTUALLY OCCURRED ABOVE DECK
BEFORE THE FIRST EXPLOSION.

AND THAT WAS
CRITICAL INFORMATION.

THIS EVIDENCE
MAKES INVESTIGATORS

CHANGE THEIR THINKING
ABOUT THE ACTIONS

OF THE TANK CLEANING CREW.

MAYBE THEY DIDN'T
TRIGGER THE EXPLOSION.

EXACTLY.

INVESTIGATORS
KNOW THE FIRE DIDN'T START

IN THE HOLD WHERE
THE CREW WAS WORKING.

INSTEAD, IT STARTED UP ON DECK.

THE DECK OF A CHEMICAL
SHIP IS VERY CROWDED,

AND THERE'S LOTS
OF LITTLE PLACES

WHERE VAPORS CAN ACCUMULATE.

THE ACCUMULATION
BUILDS AND BUILDS

UNTIL BOW MARINER HAD
BECOME A TICKING TIME BOMB.

AND IT LEAVES INVESTIGATORS
WITH AN EVEN DEEPER MYSTERY.

SO, WHAT WAS THE
TRIGGERING EVENT?

AND THAT'S WHAT WE
WERE REALLY IN SEARCH OF,

WHAT TRIGGERED THE EXPLOSION?

WE NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT
WAS THE IGNITION SOURCE.

-CELL PHONE.
-CELL PHONE.

COAST GUARD
INVESTIGATORS NEED TO FIND OUT

WHAT SPARKED THE
EXPLOSION ON BOW MARINER.

-SMOKING.
-SMOKING.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
THINGS IT COULD HAVE BEEN,

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO
ELIMINATE ANYTHING.

INVESTIGATORS
LAY OUT THE TIMELINE

OF THE CRUCIAL INFORMATION
THEY'VE LEARNED.

THE CAPTAIN ORDERED
ALL MTBE TANKS OPENED.

THE PORTABLE PUMP BROKE.

DARN IT!

THE CREW
WENT TO DINNER AT FIVE.

-MM, NOT BAD.
-NOT BAD, HUH?

WHILE
THEY WERE EATING,

DEADLY VAPORS WERE
BUILDING UP ON DECK.

THEY WERE JUST ALLOWED
TO COME OUT ON DECK

AND THEN OOZE AND
HANG OUT ON DECK.

THOSE GASES ARE JUST LOOKING
FOR AN IGNITION SOURCE.

THE CREW
KNEW IT WAS WRONG,

BUT THEY COULDN'T SPEAK UP.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
CULTURES OF SAFETY,

AND A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT,
ALWAYS, EVERY TIME,

ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
THAT THERE'S A TEAM,

AND THAT SPEAKING
UP AND DISAGREEING

ARE A PART OF THAT CULTURE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY
HAD ON BOW MARINER.

WITH THE
GASES POOLED ON DECK,

THE STAGE WAS SET FOR DISASTER.

THE FIRST
EXPLOSION, 18:05.

OKAY, AND WHAT
TIME WAS SUNSET?

O'Neal: 1800.

Crooks: 1800.

JUST FIVE
MINUTES EARLIER.

WHAT WE CONCLUDED WAS
THAT BECAUSE OF THE TIME

THAT THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED,

AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS
JUST GETTING TO BE DARK,

THE CREW WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING
BACK ON DECK FROM DINNER,

AND THAT THEY LIKELY
WOULD HAVE ASKED

FOR THE LIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON.

-BRIDGE?
-BRIDGE.

CAN YOU TURN ON
THE DECK LIGHTS, PLEASE?

WE BELIEVE THAT
THERE WAS A SPARK

FROM TURNING ON THOSE LIGHTS,

AND THAT THAT'S WHAT
TRIGGERED THE FIRE.

AFTER IGNITION,

A DEVASTATING CHAIN
REACTION FOLLOWS.

THAT FIRE TRAILS AFT

BECAUSE OF THE FORWARD
MOTION OF THE SHIP.

THE VAPORS ARE COMING
OUT OF THE TANKS.

IT REACHED THOSE
VAPORS, AND THEN BOOM.

WITHIN A MINUTE, THERE'S
A SECOND EXPLOSION

THAT GOES THROUGH
MULTIPLE TANKS.

WHEN THE TANKS
OF THE BOW MARINER EXPLODE,

MANY OF THOSE ON DECK
ARE KILLED INSTANTLY.

IN THE CHAOS, THE ACTIONS OF
ONE CREW MEMBER STAND OUT.

THE THIRD OFFICER
BEHAVED IN A WAY

THAT WAS VERY HEROIC.

IT WAS DIFFICULT
TO GET TO THE BRIDGE.

HE COULD FEEL THAT HEAT.

AND HE STOOD THERE AND
MADE THAT MAYDAY CALL.

BOW MARINER,
WE ARE ON FIRE!

WE ARE ON FIRE!

MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY!

THIS IS BOW MARINER!

BOW MARINER, WE ARE ON FIRE!

WHEN YOU LISTEN
TO HIS VOICE,

IT STILL MAKES THE HAIR STAND
UP ON THE BACK OF MY NECK.

LUGEN ORTILANO

IS GIVEN A UNITED
STATES COAST GUARD AWARD

FOR HIS CONDUCT
DURING THE DISASTER.

THE HELICOPTER RESCUE
CREW IS ALSO RECOGNIZED

FOR HAVING RISKED THEIR
LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS.

THE COAST GUARD RELEASES
ITS OFFICIAL REPORT.

AS AN INVESTIGATOR, YOUR
GOAL ULTIMATELY IS TO POINT OUT

HOW IT COULD HAVE
BEEN PREVENTED.

IF THE TANKS HAD BEEN INERTED,

THIS ACCIDENT WOULD NOT
HAVE HAPPENED, PERIOD.

THE BOW MARINER LED TO
MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS

FOR INERTING CARGO TANKS.

AND IF THERE'S ONE
RECOMMENDATION IN THE REPORT

THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT,
IT WAS THAT ONE.

THEY'RE
CHANGES THAT COME

AT THE COST OF 21 LIVES.

LUGEN ORTILANO NEVER
WENT BACK TO SEA.

HE NOW OWNS A CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

I FEEL VERY BAD THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.

IF ONLY THE SAFETY RULES AND
REGULATIONS WERE FOLLOWED,

I THINK THAT INCIDENT
WILL NOT HAPPEN.

IF YOU WORK AT SEA,

THOSE PEOPLE ARE VERY
COURAGEOUS, HARDWORKING.

ALL THEY DO IS TO GIVE THEIR
FAMILY A BETTER LIFE BACK HOME.