A congressional subcommittee today begins hearings into the efficacy ofCoast Guard search and rescue missions, and focused on failureshighlighted 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.
The circumstances of the tragedy remain uncertain, thesubject of a Coast Guard investigation and litigation by the crew’sfamily centered on a tug pulling a barge — the only known vessel thatpassed near the Patriot in its final minutes.
The hearing by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard andMaritime Transportation Staff of the House Transportation andInfrastructure Committee will be webcast. To view the hearing — whichbegins at 10 a.m. from the Capitol — go to the House committee Web siteand click on the yellow "view Web cast" block.
Read the complete story at The Gloucester Daily Times.
See also: Congressional subcomittee to probe sinking of Gloucester fishing boat.