I think it's absolutely critical that I be here.

A wholly unrealistic mandate to compete against itself with an aging fleet, aging workforce and and ailing infrastructure make a public accounting of the Coastal Ferry Act a necessity.

They're like a family up here in the north. The ship was like their home.

As marine workers, our first and foremost concern is with the passengers we service. We're committed to improved safety to ensure no family faces such a tragedy again.

They're working the system. They've had everything handed to them on a silver platter. I'm a single mother, too. And I work all day, six days a week.

Historically, and unfortunately, and this doesn't
reflect on Allen County's situation, law enforcement often
is slow to come around to being willing to involve the
emergency management coordinator, perhaps due to a
reluctance to sharing the responsibility,