The memorial sculpture was made by Warren artist Jay Sawyer, who had a career in the maritime industry before becoming an artist.
el faro
Posted inMaine
Michael Holland’s parents deliver donated supplies to Puerto Rico hurricane victims
Deb and Robin Roberts, whose son Michael Holland perished when the cargo ship El Faro sank during a hurricane in 2015, delivered more than 30,000 pounds of food, water and personal hygiene supplies to hurricane victims in Puerto Rico. The Roberts, who live in Wilton, Maine, collected the relief supplies during a drive last November […]
advertisement
Posted inMaine, sj-web
NTSB blames multiple causes for El Faro’s sinking and crew deaths
Everywhere investigators looked, there were failures. Failures in inspections. Failures in maintenance of the vessel. Failures in communication. In many ways, the cargo ship El Faro was doomed when it sailed from Jacksonville, Florida, more than two years ago directly into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. All 33 people on board were killed, including four from […]
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, sj-web
Coast Guard blames captain in 2015 sinking of El Faro
This undated image made from a video released April 26, 2016, by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the stern of the sunken ship El Faro. In a report released Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, the Coast Guard says the primary cause of the sinking of a cargo ship two years ago that killed all 33 […]
Posted inMaine
‘I’m a goner’: El Faro’s last hours as ship sails into storm
This undated image made from a video released April 26, 2016, by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the stern of the sunken ship El Faro. Amid howling winds, blinding squalls and massive waves, the freighter El Faro and its crew struggled for survival _ unaware that their course was taking them directly into the […]
Posted inMaine
El Faro’s tragic ending ‘burned’ in investigator’s mind
This April 11, 2017 photo provided by the NTSB shows investigator Brian Young at an undisclosed location. Young is the chief investigator for the NTSB into the sinking of the freighter El Faro in the Bahamas on Oct. 1, 2015. The 790- foot ship sank after losing propulsion in Hurricane Joaquin. The bodies of the […]
Posted inFranklin
Hollandstrong Fishing Derby to be held in memory of lost mariner
LIVERMORE —Deb Roberts of Wilton, with family and friends, is preparing for the second annual Hollandstrong Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Round Pond in memory of Roberts’ son, mariner Michael Holland. Holland, 25, of Wilton, was one of 33 crew members who died aboard the SS El Faro, a cargo ship that sank […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
NTSB releases transcripts from El Faro’s voyage data recorder
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The National Transportation Safety Board released the transcript Tuesday from the El Faro’s voyage data recorder, which details the ship’s final hours. This is the longest transcript ever released by the NTSB. It’s over 500 pages and covers the ships final 26 hours. There is a lot of information, but one of […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Recovery teams find El Faro data recorder
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that its investigators had found the missing data recorder belonging to El Faro, the hulking cargo ship that sank last fall with 33 crew members on board. Investigators had already found the sunken ship and debris on the ocean floor, but had not found the recorder, […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Wilton mom fulfills pledge to son who died in El Faro sinking
WILTON — Deb Roberts has fulfilled the promise she made to her son the day the Coast Guard called off the search for the crew of the SS El Faro, which sank during Hurricane Joaquin in the Bahamas on Oct. 1, 2015. Roberts’ son, Michael Holland, 25, of Wilton, was one of 33 crew members […]