Text of Rear Admiral Brice-O'Hara's statement on CG search and rescue efforts

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September 30, 2009

Anonymous The Gloucester Daily Times Wed Sep 30, 2009, 02:02 PM EDT

Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara Statement

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A Coast Guard report released Friday on the sinking of the fishing vessel Patriot in January 2009 made clear that even the finest work would almost certainly not have saved the two crew members, whose bodies were recovered from the icy water of Middle Bank, 14 miles from port.

Update: Coast Guard finds Patriot sank on its own

NOTE: This is a corrected version of this story. The initial version incorrectly reported that that the U.S. Coast Guard Report of Investigation showed alcohol in the blood of both crew members and drugs in the blood of John Orlando. That is not the case. In fact, the report showed no alcohol in the blood of either crewman and showed no drugs in the blood of John Orlando. As the story notes, portions of the report were redacted. We offer our apologies to the families of both men for our incorrect reporting.

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The U.S. Coast Guard released findings Friday vindicating that the Gloucester fishing vessel Patriot likely capsized and sank from a chain reaction of mechanical failures, design flaws and possible human judgment error — all leading to the drowning deaths of Capt, Matteo Russo, 36, and his 59-year-old father-in-law, John Orlando.
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Officers asleep as Patriot was lost

The delayed effort to unravel signals of the calamity that sank a Gloucester fishing boat in January was caused by analysis-paralysis in an inexperienced Coast Guard chain of command while two senior on-duty emergency response officers slept.
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Federal hearing focuses on search for F/V Patriot

A congressional subcommittee today begins hearings into the efficacy of Coast Guard search and rescue missions, and focused on failures highlighted in response to the sinking fishing vessel Patriot.
The Gloucester boat was lost with its family crew of two 14 miles from port last January.
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Coast Guard steps up access to, training for VMS in Patriot's wake Posted 970 days
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CG report shows broad failure in Patriot case Posted 974 days
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Coast Guard: Response was slow Posted 975 days
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Patriot crew's family to sue tug owner Posted 1034 days 1 Photo
Coast Guard commander transferred; Patriot investigations are still incomplete Posted 1034 days 2 Photos