All language subtitles for S02 E04 - Triangle of Madness _ ENG

- Diver's ready, Frank.

narrator: Tonight on
"The Bermuda Triangle:

Into Cursed Waters"...

- We don't know what
we're jumping into,

but it's a huge target.

narrator: 100 years ago,
a string of cargo ships

disappeared without a trace.

- The United States government
is investigating this pattern

of mysterious disappearances
of ships.

So they really don't know
what they're dealing with.

- Something may
have went wrong.

- We're keeping
our fingers crossed.

narrator: A stunning theory,

did the triangle drive
these sailors mad?

- It tests you psychologically
like nothing else.

- Is the Bermuda Triangle
playing tricks

on sailors' minds?

- Something isn't
adding up on this wreck.

- It's almost as if
this vessel was attacked.

[dramatic music]

- An experienced captain,
experienced crew,

but it still disappears.

- We got to figure out
what the heck this is.

♪ ♪

narrator:
There is a place that evokes

fear and fascination.

Bounded by Florida,
Bermuda, and Puerto Rico,

the Bermuda Triangle has
swallowed countless ships,

planes, and people.

♪ ♪

Now an elite team
is on the hunt...

- Dive, dive, dive.

narrator:
And making big finds.

- We've discovered
"Challenger."

narrator: Their secret weapon,

a wreck map
decades in the making.

- These are dangerous dives.

- Ahh!

- Any sane person would
not be doing this.

narrator: Their mission,
solve the mystery

of the Bermuda Triangle
one wreck at a time.

- Dude, are you seeing this?

- Mother Nature is going
to take these wrecks away.

The clock is ticking.

♪ ♪

- Some guys are out there
chasing death

just to hit a number
on the computer.

We're not out here
to chase records.

We're out here to make history
on these wrecks.

- You want
to make discoveries.

Sometimes you got to push
the edges of the envelope.

♪ ♪

narrator: Today,
that envelope will be pushed

to 380 feet below the surface.

- What we're doing technical
diving wise is we're probably

1% of the 1% because
we're doing wreck hunting,

going places that most other
technical divers aren't going

or aren't willing to do.

narrator: Wreck hunters Mike
Barnette and Jimmy Gadomski

have set their sights
on a large sonar target

that is so deep
no one has ever

successfully identified it.

It is known simply
as the 380 Wreck.

- All we really know
about the 380 Wreck

is the depth,
hence the name 380.

It's about 380 feet
of water to the bottom.

narrator: The wreck sits
13 miles off the Florida Keys,

just inside
the Bermuda Triangle,

but what has caught
Mike and Jimmy's attention

is the fact that the 380 Wreck
falls along the route

of a century-old
Bermuda Triangle mystery,

the "SS Suduffco."

- It was a 324-foot steamer
that had

absolutely no reason
to disappear,

at least no logical reason.

- The "Suduffco" was built
in 1920 as a cargo steamship

just after World War I,
and its main route

was from the East Coast
through the Panama Canal

to the West Coast and went back
and forth carrying supplies.

narrator:
March 13, 1926, "Suduffco"

departs Newark, New Jersey,
en route to the West Coast.

Her cargo holds are filled
with steel construction pipes

bound for the growing cities

of San Francisco
and Los Angeles.

The next day, "Suduffco"
and her crew of 29 men

approach the Bermuda Triangle
and radio in their position.

All is well.

And then...

nothing.

- That was the last word
from the "Suduffco."

All of a sudden, it disappears.

- There was a faint SOS
that came in.

But I think
the news reports at the time

couldn't necessarily tie it
to that ship.

- They tried to radio
that ship and find out

what the source
of the SOS distress call was,

but got no answer.

narrator:
The mysterious distress call

is the only potential clue.

The disappearance makes
headlines around the globe.

Decades later, it becomes one

of the iconic
Bermuda Triangle mysteries.

The team has found
it fits a pattern

of other mysterious losses
around the triangle

in the 1920s.

- It's very strange
because the loss

of the "Suduffco" comes
in the middle of this rash

of mysterious ships
going missing,

like the "SS Hewitt"
and "Carroll Deering,"

which we have searched for
in prior dive seasons.

- The "Hewitt,"
I mean, it disappeared.

There is not a postage-sized
stamp piece or anything.

Soon after the "Hewitt,"
a five-masted schooner

called the "Carroll Deering."

Strange thing about that one,

nobody on board, zero crew.

It's an empty vessel
that runs aground.

♪ ♪

narrator:
As the disappearances pile up,

Washington D.C. takes notice.

- The United States government
is investigating

this pattern
of mysterious disappearances

of ships in this area.

But of course, at this time,
the Bermuda Triangle,

as we know it, does not exist,
or at least even in the minds

of popular culture.

So they really don't know
what they're dealing with.

narrator: The Bermuda Triangle
was identified officially

only after the mysterious
disappearance of 27 airmen

in one night
in December, 1945,

an incident known
as the loss of Flight 19.

But two decades earlier,
mounting shipping losses

had already forced
the American government

to reckon
with these cursed waters.

- "Suduffco" could be
our skeleton key

that may unlock the mystery

of why so many ships
went missing

in the Bermuda Triangle
in the 1920s.

♪ ♪

- Is that it?

- Not yet.

- No, it's coming in now.

narrator: Today is
the team's second attempt

at the 380 Wreck.

- So we first tried diving the
380 Wreck about 15 years ago,

but we had to basically abort
the dive and head back up.

narrator: On that attempt,
they missed the target

when they deployed a tool
called the shot line.

- The shot line
helps us guarantee

that we can get on the wreck.

- There's a grapple hook that
we try to snag into the wreck

in a vertical line
going up to a big float ball

on the surface.

And we use that for a descent
line and an ascent line

to come back up
for decompression.

- So the placement
of the shot line,

it makes our life
so much easier on the bottom

because we can now just
jump in and start our dive.

narrator: Jimmy is the team's
resident shot line guru.

- It definitely takes
a little bit of pre-planning

to get the shot line
to go where we want.

- Turn right.

- There we go.

- Sweet.

- Talk to me, goose.
- All right!

Drop it.
- Throwing!

♪ ♪

- Ease back in a little bit,
just a smidge.

♪ ♪

narrator:
The shot line is down.

♪ ♪

narrator: The team won't know
if it worked until they

drop in and hit the bottom,

380 feet down
in the Bermuda Triangle.

♪ ♪

- It's very risky, what we're
doing, to start out with.

As soon as we get
into these deeper waters,

that risk goes up.

- And aside from the depth,
I mean,

this is a new wreck to us,
so we're unfamiliar.

We don't know what kind of
obstacles we're going to find.

You want to have your game
face on and take it seriously.

- Divers ready, Frank.

- We're in neutral.
Dive, dive, dive.

♪ ♪

narrator: The major challenge
of the 380 Wreck is the depth.

With every breath,
the intense pressure

hyper saturates the divers'
bodies with excess gas.

Ascend too quickly, and blood
literally turns to foam,

also known as the bends.

Just a few minutes
at this depth

means an hour's long ascent
back to the top

while their bodies
return to normal.

- We're planning on doing

about 18 minutes
on the bottom.

That gives us a total runtime

of roughly about 150
to 160 minutes in the water.

♪ ♪

narrator: They reach
the bottom and realize

their shot line
has missed the wreck.

Yet the clock is
already ticking.

♪ ♪

- When we go deeper,
we don't have

as much time on the bottom.

- When you're
blazing new paths,

it's all too common
to go out and find nothing

or find something,
but it turns out to be

either geology,
or just debris, or trash.

♪ ♪

narrator: Precious minutes
tick away as the team

fans out to find the wreck.

narrator: Then a crucial clue,

a debris trail.

Is it the "Suduffco"?

♪ ♪

On the surface, safety
diver Kiki Dee stands watch.

- So as a safety diver,
I'm watching the surface,

making sure if anything were
to happen if they popped up.

When we consider a dive deep,
it's past 200 feet.

So now they're doubling
that 400 feet.

So yeah, it does kind
of slim the margin

for error a little bit more.

narrator: With the divers
essentially trapped

underwater until they complete
their full decompression,

it's Kiki's job to meet them
on the way back up

and help them
if they hit trouble.

Back on the bottom, the team
follows the debris trail.

narrator: It may be all
that remains of this wreck,

making a positive ID
virtually impossible.

♪ ♪

[alarm beeping]

Time's up.

♪ ♪

The lift bag surfaces,
signaling the divers

are making their ascent.

The support team gears up.

- I'm going to go
meet them in the water

when they're hanging on their
deco stop at about 70 feet,

and I'm going to take away
some of their tanks

so they don't need to have
as much luggage on them

while they're
hanging down there.

- 11:35 time in.

♪ ♪

narrator: As the dive team
starts their ascent,

suddenly, in the gloom,
they spot something.

narrator: But on the surface,
something's not right.

- That was a lot.

narrator: This amount
of bubbles at the surface

means gas is escaping
from a tank.

- One of the guys
had to bail out.

- We'll all know in a second.

♪ ♪

- All right, Frank,
that should be good.

- All right.
All right, I got to go.

- Dive, dive, dive.

♪ ♪

- Something may
have went wrong.

We're keeping
our fingers crossed.

narrator: The topside team
has seen an unusual amount

of bubbles in the water.

It may be a sign
that one of the divers

is having a problem
with a tank

and losing precious gas.

- All right, Frank,
I'm about to jump in.

- Dive, dive, dive.

[dramatic music]

- We see a lot of bubbles
when you release the air

from your wing,
but that was a little bit

too much for our comfort.

- At these depths,
we need to be careful of CO2.

And you're dealing
with this one problem.

Now you have another problem.
Now your anxiety is going up.

You're breathing
a little bit heavier.

♪ ♪

And it snowballs
into a bigger issue.

narrator: Kiki arrives.

♪ ♪

narrator: Jimmy signals
the extra bubbles

were from emptying
another lift bag.

All is well.

[soft music]

- How are they?
- They're good.

They're good.
- Were they OK?

Were they still
on the rebreathers?

- Yeah, no.
They were totally good.

Everything's fine down there.

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

- As we were coming up,
we saw this dark mass.

♪ ♪

I mean, we were close to it.

We couldn't have been more

than a couple
hundred feet off.

♪ ♪

narrator: They can't safely
make this dive again today,

so the divers head back
to port to join up

with the rest of the team.

♪ ♪

- Hey, boys.
- Hey, how's it going?

Good to see you.
- How are you guys?

- OK, so...

narrator:
Historian David O'Keefe

and pilot and combat veteran
Jason Harris are part

of the team's research muscle.

- So what do you got?

- There's a big target
on the sounder,

and didn't
really see the wreck.

We missed it.

- I mean, we were close to it.

We couldn't have been more
than a couple hundred feet off.

narrator: After ending
the dive and heading back

to the surface,
the team learned they weren't

so far off the mark after all.

- We were coming up
for decompression,

clipping the cameras off,

and in playback,
looking at the camera footage,

we think we actually captured--
the camera swung out,

and we saw something in the
distance, just kind of a mass.

- So what you didn't realize
the whole time is,

when you're coming up,
you've actually been

scooping up this thing
behind you

that was lurking there
the entire time.

both: Wow.

- So I can show
you what we saw.

- Let's see what we got.

[dramatic music]

- We know the "Suduffco" was
heading from the northeast

down, transiting
through the Panama Canal.

So it would have passed right
through this area potentially.

narrator: "Suduffco"
was one of 150 ships

known as Type 1023s,

commissioned by the U.S.
government during World War I.

1023s were built
to be workhorses,

sturdy, dependable,

and large.

- Any idea how big
that wreck might be

from what you were able
to capture on that footage?

- It is something substantial
down there on the bottom.

So I think that it could
be a potential candidate.

- We're in the ballpark.
- Yeah.

And then once we
kind of know these details,

then we can move on to,
OK, what kind of cargo

is this ship carrying?

What's inside of the ship?

- We have one clue already,
which is the fact

that the "Suduffco"
was carrying

heavy construction material,

probably steel girders
and things like that

for construction out West.

So that might be one thing
you can add to your checklist

right now
that you can look for.

- Because that will
help narrow down.

All those are
useful clues that we use.

- I guess, really,
we're only at the first stage,

because, number one,
you guys got

to make a positive ID first.

If you make a positive ID,

that opens up the door
to what happened...

- Absolutely.
- And how and why.

- When we look at an accident,
one of the first things

people look at is human error.

And when they look
at human error,

they're looking at the captain.

And they're trying to determine
if the captain was at fault.

So we want to take
a look at that.

narrator: The team splits up.

Mike and Jimmy will
prepare for a second dive

in search of unique clues
they hope will ID

their wreck as "Suduffco."

The rest of the team will dig
into the questions surrounding

her loss and how she fits
into the larger pattern

of disappearances
in the Bermuda Triangle

in the 1920s.

♪ ♪

Jason Harris heads to the
foothills of North Carolina,

searching for clues about
the "Suduffco's" captain,

Thomas Turner.

- Right now, we know absolutely
nothing about Captain Turner.

Normally, these accidents,
you can't find anyone

that has a memory or has
information from a person

who's been gone
for nearly a hundred years.

♪ ♪

narrator: Yet, there are
some who still remember.

- So what do we
have here, Ellie?

narrator: Ellie Hunt is
Turner's great-granddaughter.

Her grandmother,
Turner's daughter,

made sure the family
remembered him.

- Wow.

- This is a photo
of Captain Turner

and his wife
and my grandmother as a baby.

She definitely made
sure that he was

integral to all of our lives.

narrator:
The artifacts preserved

by Hunt's grandmother
contain information

found nowhere else.

- Award of Victory medal.

Wow.
This is really cool.

- He jumped aboard
a whaling ship when he was 15.

He was the black sheep
of the family

because it wasn't considered
a gentleman's job back then.

So he was 30
when he became a captain.

- I mean, literally,
the fact that...

narrator: But there
are few details about what

happened after that.

How skilled
was Turner as a captain?

- Do you know if he
had passed that route before

with him as a captain of a ship
prior to that journey?

- I have no idea.

The Bermuda Triangle is--

you know, is known
for bringing ships down.

♪ ♪

I never got the sense
from my grandmother

that this was a new route
or anything.

narrator: Then, a clue,

a World War I discharge.

- He had served
for four years as a captain.

So this is a commission.

- I see his rank
is Lieutenant Commander.

He had actually been promoted
to a level of responsibility

and a level of significance.

narrator: By the time
Taylor left the Navy,

he was just three ranks
below Admiral.

- That paints such
a vivid picture of who

Captain Turner must have been.

As I got some context
as to who Captain Turner was,

in my mind,
we can rule out or at least

we can more than likely say
that the accident

or the loss of the "Suduffco"
was not human error.

We now want to take
a look at other elements

that could have been at play.

[dramatic music]

narrator: The team is on the
hunt for the "SS Suduffco,"

which vanished
with a cargo of steel beams

in the Bermuda Triangle
nearly 100 years ago.

While the divers prepare
for a second dive,

the land team is chasing
new leads that could explain

not only the loss
of the "Suduffco"

but other mysterious
1920s disappearances.

♪ ♪

Team member and historical
investigator Wayne Abbott

is meeting with
Captain Dave Mackey--

- Nice to meet you.

narrator: A ship captain
who has spent so much time

in the triangle
that he now teaches

the next generation
of sailors.

- Wow.

This is unbelievable.
- Yeah.

Welcome to the 360.

- This is called the 360?

- 360-degree view
of simulation.

- Well, you said a simulator,
but, I mean,

I feel like I'm
on board a ship here.

- That's the goal.

It's supposed to be
as realistic as possible.

narrator:
Mackey trains future skippers

on a multi-million dollar
state-of-the-art simulator,

which he can program
with more than

nearly a hundred ship types

and historical
weather spanning decades.

- So we know the route
that the "Suduffco"

was going to take.

I mean, is there a sort of--

a series of challenges that
a captain or a ship like this

would have to face
on a route like this?

- Well, coming
from March out of New York,

we would expect and be
prepared for poor weather

coming down the East Coast
of the United States.

So that's your first challenge
is to get

through this area here.

narrator: Any boat plying the
waters of the Bermuda Triangle

is likely to face unpredicted
squalls, like this.

- Holy [bleep].

This is unbelievable.

♪ ♪

- Crazy that we're
just standing here.

And we're not rocking
or anything, right?

Like, this simulator isn't--

- No, it's not moving.
You--it's your--

- But I feel like I'm moving.
- It's your perception.

Right.

- Well, I feel like we're
literally on the bridge

of the "Suduffco" right now.

♪ ♪

narrator: Mackey resets
the simulator to replicate

the conditions
"Suduffco" faced.

♪ ♪

At least according
to historic weather reports,

the ship actually saw
relatively benign seas.

- This is
the 13th of March, 1926.

So they could have
hit 35 knots of wind

somewhere in that area.

- But for a 330-foot vessel,
six years old,

you think
they could handle that?

- Yes, if all was well, that's
what it was designed for.

- It's just still
surprising that you

have an experienced captain,
experienced crew,

ship that's only six years old.

The weather isn't horrible.

But it still disappears.
- Correct.

So what does that say?

narrator: If neither
the captain, the ship,

nor the weather was to blame,

there may have been
another factor at play.

- This is what wears on you.

If you're doing this for days,
you know,

it's just the physical wear.

You're tired.
You're worn out.

You're cranky.
You can't sleep.

You can't eat.
You might be seasick.

- And after week after week
or month after month

being out on the open ocean...

- It's a slow grating.

It wears you down.

narrator: Prolonged time
on the open water

can drive sailors
to delusion and hysteria.

There are even stories
of sailors throwing

themselves into the ocean.

Could that account
for "Suduffco's" disappearance

and the other vanished ships
in the 1920s?

Mackey and his simulator
have helped eliminate

the weather and the ship
design as possibilities.

But the psychological strain
on the crew

is something new
that Wayne wants to follow up.

♪ ♪

Meanwhile,
the only concrete evidence

for what ultimately happened
to "Suduffco"

may still be waiting
380 feet down.

- So conditions
today look awesome.

A little bit of a stronger
current than we did yesterday,

but I'm confident that the guys
are going to hit the wreck,

and it's going
to be a beautiful dive.

narrator:
On their first attempt,

the shot line landed
too far from the wreck,

and they only caught
a glimpse of it.

♪ ♪

Now, with their coordinates
dialed in,

they hope for better results.

- All right, drop, drop!

♪ ♪

narrator: Bull's-eye.

- Whoo-hoo!

Yo, I think it's safe
to say we're probably right

on top of the wreck with that.

[laughs]

Perfect. Nailed it.

[laughs]

- We are in neutral.

Dive, dive, dive.

♪ ♪

- Diver clear.
- Thank you.

narrator: The divers use
motorized scooters to expedite

their dive to the wreck.

380 feet down,
she's waiting for them.

narrator: At long last,
they've confirmed

the target known as the 380
Wreck is indeed a ship wreck.

narrator:
This is the first time

human eyes have
seen this vessel

since the day it vanished.

The wreck has a single screw
for propulsion,

just like "Suduffco."

And the size of the propeller
could be a match.

- Obviously,
when you're diving any wreck,

it doesn't matter
if it's 100 feet of water

or 400 feet of water.

The process to identify
that wreck is the same.

The difference being,
at 400 feet,

your time is
much more limited.

It's a race against the clock.

♪ ♪

- It's super exciting to be
the first person on a wreck.

Nobody had been
on this wreck since it sank.

narrator: Strangely, the wreck
is in good condition,

far better than a nearly
century old wreck should be.

And then Barnette spots
something truly bizarre.

- As we're looking
at the hull,

we're seeing all these holes

about the size of two hands

just all over the hull.

♪ ♪

narrator:
The holes do not appear

to be natural formations.

Something made them.

Could they be signs
of gunfire?

- We're seeing it
high on the hull.

We're seeing it
below the waterline.

It's almost as if this
vessel was attacked.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

narrator: 380 feet down,

the dive team
is investigating a wreck

they are hoping
is the "SS Suduffco."

But the mystery is
only getting stranger.

♪ ♪

- There's just holes
about the size of two hands--

boom, boom--all over the hull.

♪ ♪

narrator:
The ship's wheelhouse has also

been obliterated.

Only a burnt-out
shell remains.

- The rest of it
was still all intact.

It was only the wheelhouse
that was burnt,

which was super strange.

- Something isn't
adding up on this wreck.

We definitely had
a mystery at hand here.

- [indistinct]

♪ ♪

[alarm beeping]

narrator:
The dive clock hits zero.

narrator: The team now has
more questions than answers.

The odd holes in the hull
and collapsed wheelhouse

point to something
catastrophic.

Was this ship attacked?

Or was there
some other violence at play?

♪ ♪

Back on land, Wayne and Dave
are investigating

psychological strain,
its effects on sailors,

and potential links to this
and other Triangle cases.

- Hi there.
- You must be Nick.

- Hi, Nick.

narrator: Researcher
and author Nick Compton

has pored over centuries
of records detailing

this strange condition.

- When you say that,
you know,

it puts so much
pressure on you,

how does
this manifest basically?

- The sea tests
you psychologically

like nothing else.

There's all kinds of ways,

and there's a phenomenon
called calenture

first recorded
among Spanish sailors

in the 17th and 18th century.

Sailors, particularly
in very hot weather,

gradually
it affects their brains,

and they are unable
to resist the urge to jump

over the side into the sea.

narrator: Compton has found
extensive documentation

of the condition,
which can affect dozens

of sailors at the same time.

- And that's what's
fascinating about it

is that it does
affect whole crews.

In 1785, expedition
of the Senegal River,

a crew of 30 sailors,

they all ended up
jumping over the side...

- All of them?
- To their deaths.

- All of them?
- All 30, yeah.

narrator: Such a scenario
might fit at least one

of the other ships that
disappeared around the time

of the "Suduffco."

The "Carroll Deering"
was found abandoned

with no trace of her crew.

The "Suduffco's" crew
faced similar challenges.

- The "Suduffco" was
doing this constant run.

The crew was doing
this route relentlessly.

Could this have
built up over time?

- If these crews were stuck
below decks for days and weeks

at a time,
then that's going to build up,

and that will exacerbate
the situation, for sure.

narrator:
It's an intriguing theory.

Calenture could potentially
explain a multitude

of Bermuda Triangle
disappearances.

Yet, in the case
of the "Suduffco,"

there is one major disconnect.

Calenture is tied
to hot temperatures,

but "Suduffco"
vanished in March

when the weather
was still cool.

- In this particular case,
calenture,

which is absolutely fascinating
and without a doubt

plays a role
in what happens at sea,

doesn't appear
to have any direct impact

on what happened to "Suduffco."

♪ ♪

narrator:
The team assembles once more

to review
what they've learned.

- So, guys,
we got in for a second dive.

Conditions were much
better this go around.

We were able to get
on top of the wreck

and throw a shot line
down on the wreck.

So that made
our lives much easier.

We could tell right away
that is a single screw vessel.

And it looks like
a big freighter down there.

We came across these holes all
down the side of the wreck.

So right there.
- Yeah.

- Mike was on the outside,
and I'm on the inside.

And you could
clearly see through.

- So I noticed a few of them,
and then I wanted

to kind of survey
the whole hull.

And some are up high,
and some are down low.

Some are along the waterline.

- And the wheelhouse seems
like it was maybe collapsed,

which was very strange.

narrator: In addition
to the bizarre damage,

key details have the team
questioning whether

this is the "Suduffco"
after all.

- If it is the "Suduffco,"
we're looking for something

that's been down
almost a hundred years.

The integrity
of this structure is not

collapsed like you would
expect for a vessel

been on the seabed
that long.

- Look, we've got
a wreck sitting there

that's never been
discovered before.

And of course,
you're telling me now

that it's got signs
of some sort of damage,

heavy damage on it.

And we have no clue
what caused it.

- Yeah.

- We got to figure out
what the heck this is.

narrator: Before the dive
team heads back down,

they need more information.

narrator: The dive team
preps for a final dive

on a mysterious wreck they
hope is the "SS Suduffco."

[dramatic music]

But some details
aren't lining up.

♪ ♪

Looking for alternate
candidates,

Jimmy meets up with shipwreck
historian Chuck Meide,

an expert on shipwrecks

in and around
the Bermuda Triangle.

- We have a big freighter.

It sits in about 380 feet
of water.

- Wow, yeah.

- The hull actually had holes
all down the side of it.

- Really?

- Little bigger than a fist.

And the pilot house looks
like it's been burned.

Something was a little bit off
because the rest of the vessel

was completely intact.

- Well, we got a place
to start, I guess.

narrator: Pulling old files
from his database,

Chuck spots a footnote
about a case

not from the 1920s
but the 1990s.

♪ ♪

- OK, look at this one,

motor vessel "Jeano Express."

♪ ♪

20 miles southeast of Long Key.

- Yeah, that's--
- That's pretty close, yeah?

- That's pretty close.

♪ ♪

narrator: November, 1994,
with tropical storm Gordon

bearing down
on the Florida coast,

the "Jeano Express,"

a cargo freighter
on its way home,

is disabled
and taking on water.

♪ ♪

- And seas 15 to 20 feet
in rain squalls.

narrator: The Coast Guard
sends a rescue helicopter,

but the report
makes no mention

of the bizarrely
focused damage

to the wheelhouse and hull.

- There's not too much
more information here.

- Why I question this is
because the wheelhouse looks

like we had a big fire there,
and then we still have

these holes all down the side.

- So there's definitely
some mystery still.

narrator: Nailing down
this wreck's identity

may come down to the presence
or lack of cargo.

- I think she's worthy
of another dive on her.

- This is a ship
that's in the right place,

maybe the right time,
from what the hull looks like--

not too much marine growth,
1994 makes sense--right size.

If you get down to that cargo
hold and there's nothing there,

that's one more tick
in the box.

♪ ♪

narrator: With another suspect
in the "Jeano Express,"

the team heads to the 380
Wreck for one more dive.

- All right, set us up.

- Dive, dive, dive.

♪ ♪

narrator: They still
need a definitive clue

to identify this ship,
which means searching

every inch of this wreck.

♪ ♪

One crucial detail,
the cargo holds.

The "Suduffco" was
carrying steel pipes,

but their new suspect,
the "Jeano Express,"

was empty when it disappeared.

♪ ♪

With no definitive clues
visible from outside,

Jimmy decides to take on
a much riskier maneuver,

a penetration dive
deeper into the ship.

- There are certain hazards
that we need

to be aware of
if we're going into a wreck

because now we're
in an overhead environment.

We don't have a direct line
of sight to the surface.

Can we get caught up
in anything?

Can we get hung up in anything?

Is there lines hanging?

narrator: The inside of
a wreck is a slew of dangers,

sharp edges,
falling debris, tangled wires,

all compounded by the fact

that the clock
is always ticking.

♪ ♪

- [indistinct]

- If we were to disturb
any of this silt,

then it could be
catastrophic for us

because we could
lose visibility.

We could lose our way out.

narrator:
Gadomski finds a lone prop

pushed up against the wall.

♪ ♪

Apart from that, nothing.

♪ ♪

- It becomes
very apparent very quickly

that there is no cargo
on the inside of this wreck.

It's just completely empty.

narrator: With no sign
of the steel materials

"Suduffco" was carrying,
the identity of this wreck

is finally becoming clear.

- The dimensions,
type of vessel,

configuration,
the lack of cargo.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

- My parents think
I'm crazy that I go this deep

and do what we do.

Usually, I'll tell them
after the fact that, oh, yeah,

we did 400 feet,
so they don't have to worry.

♪ ♪

narrator: Jimmy Gadomski
and Mike Barnette

are 380 feet below the surface
of the Bermuda Triangle

investigating a mystery wreck

with a series
of bizarre clues,

the wheelhouse
completely destroyed,

mysterious holes in the hull,

and now no sign of cargo.

♪ ♪

Having gathered all
the evidence they can,

the dive team heads back to
shore to make a definitive ID.

♪ ♪

- We got into a little
penetration dive.

♪ ♪

We ended up
in these big cargo holds.

- That's insane, man.

- And the cargo holds
actually...

were empty.

♪ ♪

- And just the general vibe
of the vessel,

this is a small
coastal freighter,

and it's pretty fresh.

It's clean.

narrator: It all points
to one conclusion.

- So basically you guys are--
with what you guys

were able to see,
that clarity,

this is painting
a clearer picture.

We're able to narrow down
the timeline potentially.

- The fact that
the cargo hold was empty,

then we can pretty much
eliminate "Suduffco."

- Exactly.
This is not that vessel.

narrator: But to definitely
link this wreck

to the "Jeano Express,"
the team needs

to unlock one last mystery,

the bizarre holes
and destroyed wheelhouse.

So Mike and Jimmy track down
one of the few eyewitnesses

to the ship's final hours.

♪ ♪

- How's it going, Steve?
- Hey, guys.

- How's it going?

- Thank you for coming.
- Great to meet you.

- Thanks for having us.

- Former Coast Guard search
and rescue pilot

Steven Newark.

- It was,
I think, November 14, 1994.

I was a young Coast Guard
helicopter pilot.

We got called out
in a tropical storm, Gordon,

to rescue the motor vessel
"Jeano Express" crew.

[thunder rumbles]

Seas were 20 feet
and in some ways bigger.

The wind speed on the surface
was in excess of 50 knots.

It was the worst weather
that I had seen

as a Coast Guard pilot.

narrator: Steve and his crew
successfully rescued

all nine sailors
onboard the "Jeano."

But none of that explains
the location discrepancy,

much less the strange
damage to the wreck.

- And at first,
we weren't really sure

what caused her sinking
because she was pretty intact.

But as we started moving
around the wreck,

we started seeing holes
in the side of the hull

that looked like
attack damage.

Do you know what happened,
the subsequent events,

after you guys
departed the scene?

- Funny you should ask.

So we left,
and then they sent

a 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter,
"Decisive."

They arrived on scene.

But it was drifting toward,
you know,

the beautiful coral reefs
off of the Keys.

narrator: Though the "Jeano's"
cargo holds were empty,

she still carried hundreds
of gallons of diesel fuel,

forcing the Coast Guard
to make an unusual decision.

- It could become
an environmental hazard

to the coral reef
there off Florida.

So they ended up
circling the ship

and shooting it with their 25
millimeter automatic cannon,

their big gun on the bow.

They just started peppering
the vessel for 360 degrees

around below the waterline
because it would have

been listing,
and that kind of explains

why a lot of the holes
are in different locations

at different levels.

narrator:
White hot tracer rounds also

set fire to the wheelhouse.

- And I think they sank it
with about 110 rounds.

So that's where that came from.

narrator: It's the last piece
of the puzzle.

The mystery is solved.

The wreck they discovered
is the "Jeano Express."

- To learn the final moments of
this vessel and what happened

to the crew, that's just--
we can't thank you enough.

- It's just been awesome.

♪ ♪

Now, knowing
these are bullet holes

coming from the Coast Guard
ship that's sinking

the "Jeano Express"
in order to stop it

from hitting the reef,

it just puts the story
all together.

narrator:
The team began their search

looking for the "SS Suduffco."

But, as is often the case
in these treacherous waters,

the 380 Wreck turned out
to be a very different ship

with a bizarre story
of its own.

- Now we can put the mystery
of the "Jeano Express"

down to bed.

We know the full story of it.

This is one more Bermuda
Triangle mystery solved.

narrator: The "Suduffco"
is still out there.

And so the search for it

and the other Bermuda Triangle
mysteries will continue.