https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3237729-El-Faro-VDR-Audio-Transcript-8510451-ver1-0.html
They say it on page 340/510, it’s far from their last words
The last few pages of the transcript are chilling. I don’t know who this helmsman, AB-1, is, but I deeply feel for them.
(Implied) heavy content
CAPT: come on @AB-1. gotta move. (we) gotta move. you gotta get up. you gotta snap out of it- and we gotta get out. AB-1: okay. CAPT: come up. AB-1: okay.
AB-1: help me. CAPT: don’t panic. don’t panic. CAPT: work your way up here. AB-1: I can’t.
AB-1: help me. CAPT: you’re okay. come on. CAPT: don’t freeze up @AB-1. come on.
AB-1: I can’t *. CAPT: yes you can *. AB-1: my feet are (slipping/slippery).
AB-1: I need a ladder. CAPT: we don’t have a ladder @AB-1. AB-1: (a line). CAPT: I don’t have a line @AB-1. AB-1: you gunna leave me
AB-1: (I need someone to/help somebody) help me. (you don’t wanna/you gunna) help me? CAPT: I’m the only one here @AB-1.
AB-1: (I can’t). AB-1: I can’t. AB-1: (I’m gone/I’m a goner).
Yeah I read the Wikipedia page and it went from “rhut row” to downright depressing real quick
On October 5, an unidentified body in a survival suit, presumed to be from El Faro, was found but was not recovered. According to the rescue diver, the body was unrecognizable, its head three times normal size
how tf does that happen?
