21. A Canadian military aircraft dropped survival suits to the crew early Thursday morning. 22. After the collision, Marcantonio tried to get his survival suit, but it became entangled. 23. Besides the bodies, searchers spotted an oily sheen, an empty life raft, survival suits and other debris. 24. Draped across it was the top half of a survival suit, severed at the waist, with a jagged rip down the back. 25. Fish slides him back into a corner, slits off his survival suit and slips a thermal-insulated sack over him. 26. He said the men could not survive in the conditions without their survival suits, which were obligatory for all competitors in the race. 27. Marcantonio ordered James Sanfilippo to wake up the other two crewmen so they could put on survival suits. 28. Officers donned cold-water survival suits and dived into the pond to save the other three. 29. Rescuers found David Rundall, a few empty survival suits, an empty raft and an oil sheen. 30. The Coast Guard on Monday spotted the bodies, an empty life raft, six survival suits and an oily sheen floating on the water. |
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