{"id":912,"date":"2015-10-07T13:36:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T17:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=912"},"modified":"2018-10-14T18:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T22:37:52","slug":"commissioner-william-p-doyles-statement-on-the-disappearance-of-the-tote-ship-el-faro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/commissioner-william-p-doyles-statement-on-the-disappearance-of-the-tote-ship-el-faro\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner William P. Doyle\u2019s Statement on the Disappearance of the TOTE ship EL FARO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>October 7, 2015<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">On Thursday evening, October 1, 2015, the ship EL FARO went missing. The ship was en\u00a0route from Jacksonville, Florida to San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Monday, four days after the ship vanished, the Coast Guard concluded it sank near the Bahamas in about 15,000 feet of water. One unidentified body in a survival suit was spotted, and the search continues today\u00a0for the other 32 crew members.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Commissioner Doyle, a 1992 Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduate,\u00a0sailed as an engineer aboard the SS MAYAGUEZ on the Philadelphia \u2013 Jacksonville – San Juan trade route in 2001. Commissioner\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Doyle issued the following statement today:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">“I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the employees, contractors, families and friends of TOTE Maritime, including my brothers and sisters of the Seafarers International Union and the American Maritime Officers Union, on the recent disappearance at sea of the vessel EL FARO. I am praying for the safe rescue of any survivors, as well as for those who have passed.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">“It is with a heavy heart that my deepest sympathies are extended.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">A Mariners Version of Psalm 23:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>The Lord is my pilot; I shall not drift.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>He lights me across the dark waters. He steers me through deep channels.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>He keeps my log.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>He guides me by the star of Holiness for His name\u2019s sake.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>As I sail through the storms and tempests of life, I will dread no danger, for You are<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>near me; Your love and care shelter me.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>You quieten the waves with oil, my ship rides calmly.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>The Lord looks over me while waiting at sea for a safe harbor<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><i>And at the end of my voyage, I shall rest in the port of my Lord<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 7, 2015 On Thursday evening, October 1, 2015, the ship EL FARO went missing. 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