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El Faro: The Men And Women Of The Ship

Although the search is over, all hope is not lost.

Sean Tobin
Oct 12, 2015
Fairfield University
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El Faro: The Men And Women Of The Ship

As of October 8, 2015, the search for El Faro has ended. On September 30, the 790-foot long, 40-year-old cargo ship left its port in Jacksonville, Florida, for the shores of Puerto Rico, certain that it could make its way around Hurricane Joaquin. Two days later, the ship radioed that it was taking on water, and on October 2, El Faro was pronounced missing.

In a tragic, unpredictable turn of events, the ship lost its main propulsion. Unable to navigate itself, El Faro wound up in the eye of Joaquin, and was left to the mercy of 50-plus-foot waves.

33 men and women were onboard the ship. These people were mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, pursuers of an ancient trade. Those onboard consisted of:

Louis Champa - Palm Coast, Florida

Roosevelt Clark - Jacksonville, Florida

Sylvester Crawford Jr. - Lawrenceville, Georgia

Michael Davidson - Windham, Maine

Brookie Davis - Jacksonville, Florida

Keith Griffin - Fort Myers, Florida

Joe Hargrove - Orange Park, Florida

Carey Hatch - Jacksonville, Florida

Michael Holland - North Wilton, Maine

Jack Jackson - Jacksonville, Florida

Jackie Jones, Jr. - Jacksonville, Florida

Lonnie Jordan - Jacksonville, Florida

Piotr Krause - Poland

Mitchell Kuflik - Brooklyn, New York

Roan Lightfoot - Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Jeffrey Mathias - Kingston, Massachusetts

Dylan Meklin - Rockland, Maine

Marcin Nita - Poland

Jan Podgorski - Poland

James Porter - Jacksonville, Florida

Richard Pusatere - Virginia Beach, Virginia

Theodore Quammie - Jacksonville, Florida

Danielle Randolph - Rockland, Massachusetts

Jeremie Riehm - Camden, Delaware

LaShawn Rivera - Jacksonville, Florida

Howard Schoenly - Cape Coral, Florida

Steven Shultz - Roan Mountain, Tennessee

German Solar-Cortes - Orlando, Florida

Anthony Thomas - Jacksonville, Florida

Andrzej Truszowski - Poland

Mariette Wright - St. Augustine, Florida

Rafal Zdobych - Poland

Families of these crew members have not lost hope, even in the reality of their worst nightmares. Robert Green, father of LaShawn Rivera, stated, "I think we're still hopeful. Miracles do happen..."

"El Faro," translated to english, means "lighthouse." Throughout history, lighthouses have been the source of salvation for mariners, guiding them home, wherever that may be.

In the time following the search's end, please pray that the crew of El Faro is guided home.

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