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Associated PressApril 13, 2017

Danielle Randolph squinted through rain-splattered windows as the sea freighter lunged upward sharply, then fell into the trough of a 30-foot-tall wave. The skies were black. The second mate stood on the navigation bridge high above El Faro’s main deck, which spread out before her like an aircraft carrier stacked high with red, white and […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2016

In the Jacksonville City Council Neighborhoods, Community Investments, and Services Committee Monday, a measure was approved to rename a local park as a memorial to the El Faro victims. The renaming of the Dames Point Park was described by bill sponsor Al Ferraro as “so much more than the renaming of a park.” Tote Maritime […]

Scott PowersApril 26, 2016

The National Transportation Safety Board’s investigative team has found the sunken cargo ship El Faro’s missing data recorder. The board announced Tuesday that the recorder was foundOrigin when you move everything early Tuesday morning in 15,000 feet of water, about 41 miles northeast of Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bahamas, by a team of investigators and scientists […]

Melissa RossApril 18, 2016

The National Transportation Safety Board is set to resume its search today for the critical data recorder from the sunken El Faro cargo ship. The 790-foot freighter sank during Hurricane Joaquin on Oct. 1, 2015, after leaving JAXPORT in Jacksonville, bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico. All 33 of the El Faro’s crew died at sea. The NTSB says purpose […]

Jac VerSteegMarch 14, 2016

My Context Florida colleague Martin Dyckman encourages Republicans who want to stop Donald Trump to vote for Marco Rubio in Florida’s winner-take-all primary on March 15. It’s a shame that Dyckman can’t get more help from Rubio himself. While stopping Trump is a noble motivation, it probably isn’t sufficient. Voters judging incumbents – and that’s […]

Phil AmmannDecember 1, 2015

The streak survives. For the 10th year running, Florida dodged a hurricane, setting a new record, while the rest of the eastern seaboard escaped a hit by a major hurricane. It helped that the 2015 season – four hurricanes, a depression and seven tropical storms, including one that triggered a state of emergency across Florida […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 8, 2015

The loss of the cargo ship El Faro at sea during Hurricane Joaquin shook Jacksonville to its core. However, a Wednesday conference call between Mayor Lenny Curry‘s office and the NTSB revealed that answers regarding what precisely happened to the ship will not manifest anytime soon. “On the conference call, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2015

Last week, as Hurricane Joaquin raged in the Atlantic, a 790 foot cargo ship called El Faro departed Mayport with a crew of 33. It would be El Faro’s last voyage, as it disappeared near the Bahamas as the storm wreaked its havoc. Search efforts have been ongoing. And fruitless. And Congresswoman Corrine Brown demands action. Citing […]

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