Survivor sets record straight about boat capsizing
IAP) - David
Olszewski '«ys
there was no warn
ing before the fish
mg boat he was on
capsized. trapping
him and others in tin* upside-down i ab
i ivijcTi
in.
1 grabbed a breath of -nr. and I was
thinking Tin dead right here I'm dr-ad
right here. " he said
Olszewski survived the ordeal, -is did
11 others who were rest tied from the i old
Pm ifh water Inst Thursday
One member of the group died when
the boat capsized Tivo others ire missing
,!||i'i! df.'.y .--ell
Ols/t-yyski a yeoman second i 'ass ill
the Nay y, had taken the day off lor a bot
tom-fishing e\t union with Id t.o-yvorkers
from the Naval and Marine ( orps Kesers e
Training Gutter in Kugene
Olszewski spoke public l\ about his
esperieni e Monday say mg he yy anted to
set the rei orii straight afiout the ill-fated
trip
The sea had heen rough all the wav in
from where the group had been fishing
Thursday morning, Olszewski said
Some men were outside on the de< k of
the 50-foot ( barter boat while its captain
steered a course through the entrant *■ to
Yaquina Bay but Olszewski and five or
sis of his friends and the charter boat's
first mate w ere riding out the rough cross
ing in the boat's t abin
When the boat flipped. Olszewski and
those around him were suddenly trapped
in the upside-down cabin, swimming in
icy water and breathing from an air bub
ble just above their shoulders
Contrary to some reports, Olszewski
said, the sinking occurred much farther
out to sea than “o football field” from
shore
"I'm a ( ertifieri lifeguard, he said 'I
could swim that far, even in that water
After the inttinl stux k of the i apsizmg.
Olszewski said, those trapped in the cab
in were able to rationally dis< uss their sit
7 decided in my own
mind, I had to get out, or
I was going to die.’
- David Olszewski.
Survivor d capsizing
nation.
Olszewski dove down toward what
was (In* i vihiig of the cabin and found no
win out He surfaced again in the air bub
ble. and thin d»* ided they'd have to find
a fire extinguisher they'd seen earlier and
break out a portal
"Then I smelled the diesel fumes." he
said "It was (tiling up our air bubble !
de< ided in my own mind I hod to get out.
or i was going to die "
Olszewski dove again and saw a glim
mer of light through the water He swam
to it. then through it and surfaced beside
the i apsiz.ed boat
Olszew ski swam toward a life ring that
several men alreadv werei tinging lo. ami
about a minute or two Inter the others
from the cabin found their wav to the sur
face.
"We were in the water about to or 40
minutes, and it was just so. so < old." he
said
Those who didn't survive w«m among
those on the dei k when the boat cap
sized.
The body of Nav \ Personnelman First
Class Thomas Mi Manus. )4. of Eugene
was found Inst Thursday Still missing
are Nav\ Hospital Corpsman First Class
leff Freeman, of Baker City and
Marine Cpl William Amirs, 25, of Vtmeta.
Then' were heron s in the frigid water,
mi lulling the lifesaving efforts of Navy
Hospital Corpsman Second-Class Thomas
'Doc Vogel and Marine Sgt Joseph Kro
to, who swam with critically injured
Marine First Sgt Monte Sain from the
sinking boat. Olszewski said.
Sain was released from a Portland hos
pital during the weekend.
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Document cites POW discrepancy
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WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Clinton administration
will ask Vietnam to explain o
sei n't dot untent alleging that
Hanoi held HTI7 more Ameri
can prisoners of war in 1072
than authorities ai knowietigeo. i .v otticiuis sum
Monday
The offii ials said the\ hod some questions about
the authentic itv of tin* document, whit h Russian
authorities turned over to American ROW
researi hers
During negotiations on ending American mili
tary involvement in Vietnam. North Vietnamese
offu nils said m September 1972 that they held ifiH
American POWs. according to the document
But State Department spokesman Richard
Boucher said the Russian translation of the Viet
namese dot ument indicated that Hanoi held 1.205
prisoners. As part of a peace agreement signed in
January 1973. Vietnam agreed to release all Amer
icans held prisoner and 591 were subsequently
returned to U.S. custody. The last of the POWs
(nine home April 1, 1973.
The Clinton administration, following the lead
of the Bush administration, has linked establish
ment of normal relations to Vietnamese coopera
tion on the POVV issue.
"The POW-M1A issue continues to be of great
concern to the president." said White House
spokeswoman Deo Deo Myers ‘'There urn he no
normalization of relations with Vietnam until
we re sure the Vietnamese -ire doing all they can."
The document raises questions that must he
answered, said Sen. John Kerry. D-Mass.. chairman
of the Senate Select Committee on POW-MIA
Affairs
A committee report released this year "indicat
ed that further information could be found in the
former Soviet Union — in dm uments or in per
sonal testimony," Kern said in a written state
ment
"My understanding is that this new document
was only very re< ently provided to U S. officials
and that it is still being analyzed." the statement
said. "Meanwhile, our government should con
tinue to press the Vietnamese government to coop
erate fully on the POW-MIA issue."
The document was uncovered in January by
Stephen | Morris, a researcher for the Harvard
Center for International Affairs. It purportedly was
written by (ion. Tran Van Quang. deputy chief of
staff of the North Vietnamese Army.
Boucher said officials of the National Security
Count il have had several conversations with Mor
ris.
laist Thursday, the Russian government turned
over a copy of the document to U S. officials, who
are evaluating it on an expedited basis. Boucher
said
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Two hit in
film studio
gunfire
UNIVERSAL CITY. Calif. (AH)
— A former employee armed
with a hunting rifle peppered a
movie studio with gunfire Tues
day. wounding two people. Sev
eral others were injured by fly
ing glavs
The alleged gunman was
arrested at a park near Universal
Studios Hollywood, where his
primary target was the 16-story
headquarters of MCA, Univer
sal’s parent company.
John Brian larvis, 58. a former
studio driver, was booked for
investigation of attempted mur
der, polic e said.
"He's indicated the possibili
ty this arose from some past dis
pute from employment.” said
l.os Angeles polo e Lt. John
Donkin.
larvis was a full-time studio
driver until 1082. when he was
laid off and used as a temporary
employee until 1086, said Chris
tine Hanson, an MCA spokes
woman. Two people were struck
by bullets, sis were hurt by fly
ing glass and one complained of
an ear injury. None of the
injuries was life-threatening,
officials said.