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Rarely if ever do I struggle to start writing one of these items. But I’ve spent the past several minutes at a complete loss for words.
Apparently, Nick Schuyler has informed authorities that each of the other three men who were on the 21-foot fishing boat that capsized off the Gulf Coast of Florida voluntarily removed their life jackets.
Within two to four hours after the boat flipped, one of the two NFL players, Marquis Cooper of the Raiders and Corey Smith of the Lions, removed his life jacket and allowed himself to drift out to sea.
Then, a few hours later, the other NFL player did the same.
Finally, on Monday morning, Bleakley thought he saw a light in the distance. So he removed his life jacket and swam to it in an effort to get help.
“I think he was delusional to think he could swim someplace,” Bob Bleakley said.
This news makes the tragedy even more horrific. If they only had stayed together on the hull of the boat, they all would have been saved.
But the psychological burdens of such circumstances are surely very heavy, and reality like becomes twisted and distorted very quickly.
So, again, pray for the families of the men who were lost. But also pray for Nick Schuyler, who will carry the guilt that goes along with being the only survivor of the tragedy, and that goes along with the fact he wasn’t able to convince three of his friends to refuse to surrender.
Rarely if ever do I struggle to start writing one of these items. But I’ve spent the past several minutes at a complete loss for words.
Apparently, Nick Schuyler has informed authorities that each of the other three men who were on the 21-foot fishing boat that capsized off the Gulf Coast of Florida voluntarily removed their life jackets.
Within two to four hours after the boat flipped, one of the two NFL players, Marquis Cooper of the Raiders and Corey Smith of the Lions, removed his life jacket and allowed himself to drift out to sea.
Then, a few hours later, the other NFL player did the same.
Finally, on Monday morning, Bleakley thought he saw a light in the distance. So he removed his life jacket and swam to it in an effort to get help.
“I think he was delusional to think he could swim someplace,” Bob Bleakley said.
This news makes the tragedy even more horrific. If they only had stayed together on the hull of the boat, they all would have been saved.
But the psychological burdens of such circumstances are surely very heavy, and reality like becomes twisted and distorted very quickly.
So, again, pray for the families of the men who were lost. But also pray for Nick Schuyler, who will carry the guilt that goes along with being the only survivor of the tragedy, and that goes along with the fact he wasn’t able to convince three of his friends to refuse to surrender.
