US Navy Destroyer Missing Sailors Found Dead

[Straight Shooter]

Seven missing sailors from the USS Fitzgerald were found dead in flooded berthing compartments following the warship's collision with a merchant vessel, a US military official said.

The Navy's 7th Fleet said searchers found the bodies Sunday morning, Japan time, after the guided-missile destroyer returned to its base in Japan.

"This loss is something we all feel," Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, commander of the US 7th Fleet, told reporters alongside the ship at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan Sunday.
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We have found a number of the remains ... of our missing shipmates, and our deepest sympathies go out to the families of those shipmates," he said.

The Navy would not specify the number of dead, Aucoin said, until all families of the deceased had been notified, but he confirmed all search and rescue efforts had ended.

The admiral's comments Sunday indicated the loss of life could have been much worse.

"There was a big puncture, a big gash underneath the waterline" along the bottom of the ship, Aucoin said.

The water flow into compartments that were berthing areas for 116 of the ship's crew was "tremendous", he said, adding that "there wasn't a lot of time in those spaces that were open to the sea

Aucoin said the cabin of the Fitzgerald's captain, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, was completely destroyed. "He's lucky to be alive," he added.

Benson was flown off the crippled ship by helicopter after the accident and was being treated at the naval hospital at Yokosuka, according to Aucoin, as were two other sailors who were medevaced.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/17/us/missing-sailors-found/index.html

The President has woken up to news that 7 US sailors have died. He has chosen to tweet about witch hunts and poll numbers.

 

[sean miguel]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/17/us/missing-sailors-found/index.html

The President has woken up to news that 7 US sailors have died. He has chosen to tweet about witch hunts and poll numbers.

said someone else.

The collision happened 1330 EDT Saturday afternoon Jun 17. Here's the President's tweet history:

so unless I'm missing something, the President tweeted on Saturday afternoon/evening about this tragedy. So he didn't wake up to this news this morning. And he tweeted his condolences a day before the witch hunt, poll numbers tweet you mentioned.

 

[Johan]

Corect me if I'm wrong but when this kind of events happened, Obama used to make an official press announcement, live on TV. Trump goes on twitter.

I find it not very respectfull towards the memory of those sailors for the president to pays hommage to them in less than 140 characters, between him retweeting a tweet from Sean Hannity and a tweet about the so-called "witch-hunt".

 

[Straight Shooter]

As of yesterday they were missing. As of this morning we officially have 7 U.S sailors dead. 4:44 PM Central and still no tweet

 

[sean miguel]

As of yesterday they were missing. As of this morning we officially have 7 U.S sailors dead. 4:44 PM Central and still no tweet

I read as early as last night that they were confirmed dead and some of their bodies had been recovered.

Not to be morbid, but it was no mystery where these unaccounted for sailors were, it was just a matter of confirmation and recovery. I hope they went in their sleep and killed in the collision immediately and literally didn't know what hit them. RIP.

So you're criticizing Trump for not tweeting and Johan is criticizing him for tweeting. No win.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Corect me if I'm wrong but when this kind of events happened, Obama used to make an official press announcement, live on TV. Trump goes on twitter.

I find it not very respectfull towards the memory of those sailors for the president to pays hommage to them in less than 140 characters, between him retweeting a tweet from Sean Hannity and a tweet about the so-called "witch-hunt".

Generally be liked to honor the fallen by blaming it on a video or if he was extra lucky, he could take advantage of a mass shooting and use the occasion to tell Americans they were doodyheads for having guns.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Still no Tweet/statement from POTUS or any statement from the White House. Here are the names of the 7 sailors that lost their lives. Since our own president hasn't acknowledged them I thought someone should. And for this to happen on Father's Day. Tragic. Thoughts go out to their families.

 

[Jack Davenport]

You're an idiot

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/17/trump-uss-fitzgerald-239662

 

[sean miguel]

Still no Tweet/statement from POTUS or any statement from the White House. Here are the names of the 7 sailors that lost their lives. Since our own president hasn't acknowledged them I thought someone should. And for this to happen on Father's Day. Tragic. Thoughts go out to their families.

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Fuck off you piece-of-shit. Like you care about the military or their families. I hope yours gets deported.

 

[Jack Davenport]

I was at the home of my girlfriend when I was in high school when 2 naval officers knocked on the door to bring news that her brother was killed in a motorcycle accident in Sasebo Japan.

These families haven't all been notified and the logistics to bring the sailors home from Japan takes about a week or more.
Plus sailors that were friends of the deceased generally travel with the remains.

Trump has said all he should for the moment.

 

[sean miguel]

And 7 American soldiers were shot yesterday in a green on blue attack in Afghanistan. 3 American soldiers were killed last saturday in a similar attack.

I notice plagiarist cuck had fuck all to say about that probably because no one he follows tweeted it.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Minus the God stuff...on this we can agree

 

[himperv203]

Left or right..... please dont make this a political issue. We lost 7 of our brave sailors.. RIP

 

[Straight Shooter]

Left or right..... please dont make this a political issue. We lost 7 of our brave sailors.. RIP

:suicide:

 

[Justaman]

Left or right..... please dont make this a political issue. We lost 7 of our brave sailors.. RIP

Here I go being a "moderate" again but I agree 100% with this statement. Often in tragedies like this, heroes and martyrs are created. Gary Rehm is one such hero. May our condolences and sympathies to out to all of the friends and families of the deceased.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/navy-s...-himself-chose-to-save-his-kids-or-die-trying