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 "I’m Numb": Boat Owner on Deadly Fire Near Santa Cruz Island
Smithsgold - 9/04/2019 12:10 PM
Category: General
Replies: 1
"I’m Numb": Boat Owner on Deadly Fire Near Santa Cruz Island
By Natalie Brunell Ventura County
PUBLISHED 3:37 PM ET Sep. 03, 2019

VENTURA, Calif. — The owner of the vessel "Conception" talked exclusively Tuesday morning with Spectrum News 1 about a deadly fire on his boat Monday off the Southern California coast.

"I’m numb," said owner and operator Glen Fritzler of Truth Aquatics Inc. in a phone interview. "There were a lot of people that were on that boat that I knew personally, people that I had dealt with for decades."

spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/news/2019/09/03/-i-m-nu...sMihEngrqRt_3ir5-u0#
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LatitudeAdjustment - 9/04/2019 12:55 PM
I can imagine, a lot of repeat customers on Truth :(

I’ve used them twice, an online dive club I was part of has had a Truth Trip every year for I think 24 years now.

I’m sure the USCG is going to find it was somebody’s dive light, camera light or camera battery recharging that started the fire :(

Here’s their whole fleet on our 1st trip with them