Bilge Pump Handle in a Tree: How Three Men Vanished at Sea
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Bilge Pump Handle in a Tree: How Three Men Vanished at Sea
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A single stainless-steel bilge pump handle lodged eleven feet up in a red oak turned a failing maritime search into a rescue that found three men alive after two and a half days adrift - but why was that handle in a tree, and how did one short radio transmission send everyone looking the wrong way? This episode drops you into the moment Earl Porter called in late July 2019 and into a search that missed its mark until a utility worker’s find flipped the story.
In this episode, we follow the timeline from the Maren B’s departure to the moment rescuers redirected their efforts, tracking the radio logs, the plotted GPS position, and the assumptions that kept search teams moving away from Heron Island - could one misunderstood word have cost precious time?
Person: Charles Collins
Person: Felix Ruiz
Person: Person: Don Tapper
Date: July 17-18, 2019
Location: Heron Island
- The bilge pump handle was stainless steel with its mounting bracket still attached and lodged eleven feet up in a red oak.
- The Maren B called a four-second radio transmission at 15:19 consisting of two words: "Heron Island," then static.
- Collins logged a radio transmission at 14:47 with vessel name, MMSI number, and an approximate GPS position about twenty-two nautical miles northwest of the Talliston channel entrance.
- Seas were reported at seven to nine feet by 14:00 on July 18 after the storm wobble to the north.
- Earl Porter discovered the handle while tracing a downed power line on a Tuesday morning in late July 2019 and stood under it for a full minute before calling.
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