A tugboat captain who was on scene soon after the George H. Ledcor capsized in the Fraser River says the vessel keeled over so quickly, half of the four-member crew barely had time to get out of their bunks.
“Two of them came out [of the water] in their underwear because they had been sleeping,” said Stewart Rawlings of Hodder Tugboat.
<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/FraserRiver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#FraserRiver</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarineResponse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#MarineResponse</a> tug owner’s clear statement on next steps on <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/salvage?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#salvage</a>. The raised tug will be dewatered into a tank barge. Oily water likely aboard the tug which will be contained.<a href=”https://t.co/Ygvhu50NuN”>https://t.co/Ygvhu50NuN</a> <a href=”https://t.co/db3jXgCIGM”>pic.twitter.com/db3jXgCIGM</a>
—@TheNewOcean
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