Burning boat story does not add up, and sounds like a hit job
Last week end a California scuba diving boat burned 150 feet off shore with a large number of people trapped in the hull who all died because they could not escape with the flames blocking their way out. There's a REAL PROBLEM with this story, so much so it sounds like a hit job.

Here's the story: All the passengers died, and all the crew survived. The crew, which was not sleeping where the passengers were sleeping all jumped ship when the fire started and the people in the sleeping area could not escape because the door was locked. They had to sit there and wait for the wall to burn through before they could get out, and by then it would be such a fire storm . . . . . forget it. Here's the problem that makes me think it was a hit job:

Why would the door to the passenger area need to be locked at all? Why would they be intentionally trapped into a space like that? And the boat was not huge. It was only 75 feet long which means that if there was a sleeping area able to accommodate 45 people the door to it had to have been readily accessible somewhere that would be easy for the crew to get to.

What crew abandons ship and lets everyone burn like that? That is another weird part of this story. Perhaps it was 1 selfish j****ss captain and 4 illegals, or maybe it was a paid hit. No matter what the story, the crew needs to fry for this, it should be definite long term jail time. You don't just let 30+ passengers burn to death when obviously if you could get off the boat, you could have unlocked that door also with the help of a couple crew mates pushing the fire back with fire extinguishers the boat was required by law to have, and definitely had. They did not need to put the fire out totally, just push it back enough to get in there and at least give the passengers a chance to run through a burning door.

It has been confirmed that the crew members and the captain were all awake at the time of the incident, and simply jumped off the boat rather than let anyone out. It is also confirmed that this particular boat had a lot of high profile customers, often Hollywood celebrities. 33 people were in the sleeping area, ALL ASLEEP, none laying awake reading books, listening to tunes, prepping scuba gear, calling mom, NONE. Every last one was asleep while the entire crew was awake and no one smelled smoke or knew fire broke out . . . . RIGHT. This is an obvious hit job.

I flatly don't believe this scenario as presented. It is too much against common decency and logic. I instead think we ought to know who was on that boat, to give someone a reason to pay the crew off to cause this, plus lose their boat. The boat was made in 1985 if I remember right, it was well maintained but it was not new. Great for an insurance write off, provided there was an additional payoff in this somewhere.

QUESTION: WHO WAS ON THAT BOAT?

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: The boat, Conception which has been used a s dive boat since

: 1975 left Santa Barbara Harbor 4 AM Sat. morning and was to
: return Monday, 5 PM. 5 crew members and 34 divers set out
: for what was to be a wonderful diving experience out at
: Santa Cruz Island.

: An emergency message was sent at 3:30 AM Monday morning
: stating the boat was on fire and gave it's location.

: 4 crew members, who's berth was on the top level, jumped into
: the ocean and was recused by a boat nearby.

: 34 persons were sleeping down below in the bunk-beds and it is
: believe most have perished from the fire.

: Rescue efforts have been suspended as of the last 24 hrs. as
: most bodies have been recovered. Other bodies have been
: found in debris or within the boat which is now upside-down
: in 64 ft. of water making it difficult for the rescue
: workers.

: Here's pics. and a statement by the Santa Barbara County
: Sheriff's office regarding this terrible tragedy. Sponsored
: by Noowshawk.

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