I really hoped that we would have news that they found the seven missing sailors from the collision of a destroyer with a merchant ship near Japan, but unfortunately that’s not the case.
Watch below:
Seven US sailors are missing and the commanding officer of a US destroyer is among the injured after the warship and a merchant ship collided off the coast of Japan, the US Navy said.
The smaller guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald suffered severe damage to its starboard side.
But there’s hope that they’re OK and they’re just waiting to be freed from the damaged areas of the ship:
The statement hinted that the missing sailors could be trapped in the damaged area of the destroyer.
“It remains uncertain how long it will take to gain access to the spaces once the ship is pier side … to methodically continue the search for the missing,” the statement said.
The two ships collided around 1:30 a.m. local time Saturday in the Pacific Ocean, about 56 nautical miles southwest from the port of Yokosuka and 12 miles off the Izu Peninsula, the Japanese coast guard said.
So. I guess it’s time to pray.