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[aggienaut]

HMS Bounty nearly 24 hours ago now. 14 of 16 crewmembers were rescued safely.

Been following the news like hawk all day, and it makes me a bit mad when I see people expressing sadness for the loss of the ship without mentioning the missing crew. Yeah it was a cool ship, lord knows I love tallships, but people died here. ):

Photo credit: Coast Guard.

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[occasionally.livejournal.com]

Just found out that my dear friend (and former roommate) had been onboard. She'd just started as the chef... thankfully she's okay, but it's horrible to see any loss of life.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Oh she must have been my friend Morgan's replacement -- Morgan was the cook but got off right before the fateful sail. What's your friend's name?

[occasionally.livejournal.com]

Jessica. She'd been working on boats around the Caribbean, private charters and whatnot. I'd not talked to her lately, but I know she'd been wanting to work up to doing some more fun stuff.

Hopefully this doesn't scare her off from her dream.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Hopefully not. The surviving crew is lucky to have gotten away with their lives, but of course they've lost all the personal possessions they had on board d: