U.S. Navy Captain breaks down dive team's underwater work

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2 ай бұрын

As cranes carry shipping containers from the top of the Dali to floating barges, divers are working on the bottom of the Patapsco River preparing pieces of wreckage to get lifted out of the water.
"Right now they're doing some cuts. They're also doing some bucket dredging to allow us to get down into the mudline where some of the heavier debris has sunk into the mudline. So that allows us to see - is it still connected? Do we to make cuts? And then we're setting up all the equipment for the larger cutting operation to try to create the pieces that we can rig and then lift it out," U.S. Navy Captain Sal Suarez, Supervisor of Diving & Salvage, said.
Captain Suarez is leading the underwater effort here. He's in charge of a team of 20 divers, all working on emergency contracts.
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@jimmylieb5225 2 ай бұрын

very dangerous work underwater 🇺🇸protect these brave divers!! 🇺🇸

@oldmech619 2 ай бұрын

I dove with scuba on a sunken tugboat in a river with a heavy current in winter with three foot visibility. I lost a fin. When I came out, I shook for an hour from the cold or fear. Scared the hell out of me and still brings fear into me even today 60 years later.

@1972Ray 2 ай бұрын

Searching for bodies in wreckage, I couldn't do it. But there must be a good feeling in reuniting families with their loved ones.

@james-rd4dq 2 ай бұрын

As a former rescue diver these type's of jobs are very hard, and yes looking for dead bodies is a horrible site. Good Job stay safe

@brisbare10 2 ай бұрын

Great update and informative progress report 👌

@heartobefelt Ай бұрын

With that murky water they could try using hand held clean water lances to improve visibility. That is 4 - 6 dispersion nozzles bringing low velocity clean water pumped from surface down a hose to the diver and directing the water stream in front of the divers arms and helmet to create a clean working window. It could improve visibility by 3 - 6 times. Same with headlamps on helmets , In dirty water dont attach the work light to the divers helmet , but use a handheld one to illuminate the work instead of illuminating the particulate matter in the water.

@mokedokie 2 ай бұрын

Why do news casters think the viewer want to see them on camera instaed of focusing of video of the actual work?

@mrwest5552 2 ай бұрын

@mokedokie - no diss to your comment... they may not, it could just be standard practice in news reporting.

@randyfant2588 2 ай бұрын

If the current is a huge problem, couldn't they take one (or more) of the trapped deep-water vessels in the harbor (or preferably one there for scrapping) and moor it/them at an angle across the channel to redirect the current through the northern temp channel? like a temporary breakwater for the current.

@annhenry793 Ай бұрын

My concern is after the Debis is off the Dali will it sink? I sure Hope Not.

@Mrbigp59 2 ай бұрын

being a diver working in that murky water stinks. try it sometime in a totally dark room try nailing a nail into a board. Flash lights dont work because the water is cloudy.

@Buckwheat2080 2 ай бұрын

Where’s the divers

@vshazam 2 ай бұрын

Underwater

@ericheine2414 2 ай бұрын

This is a very difficult and stressful job. These people deserve to be paid more to go slow and be careful. Get them whatever they need. That includes special food and a massages. Reduce their stress. Slow and steady wins the race. They need extra support. Give them whatever they need. Work should be done in short intervals. A little extra oxygen might be helpful. Fatigue is cumulative and we must anticipate it with respect. Don't John Wayne it. We want everybody to make it home safely to the people they love. Give them whatever they need.

@Buckwheat2080 2 ай бұрын

Who the flip are you Roy Rogers

@briansullivan1621 2 ай бұрын

Working diver 30 years I wish i was working for you .

@mrwest5552 2 ай бұрын

Bud : ..but I'm the toolpusher on this rig, and when it comes to the safety of these people, there's me, then there's God. Understand? If things get dicey, I'm pulling the plug. (1989)

@rupe53 2 ай бұрын

can someone in the media please get the closed caption synced with the video? It's always running 10 seconds behind... and it only seems to be on the news channels!

@regould221 2 ай бұрын

Pre recorded shows have the time to sync the closed captioning. With live shows like news the people have to speak and then that audio goes to a closed captioning service where people listen and type. That data is then sent back to the station where the closed caption data is added to the video stream. All that takes time which is the reason for the delay.

@rupe53 2 ай бұрын

@@regould221 that was 40 years ago. It's now automated. Watch your local news and it's VERY close, unlike here on YT.

@agrieyes_inc Ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@briansullivan1621 2 ай бұрын

The best diver on every dive job is always the dry one getting dive pay & talking a lot …, lol

@jeffdragna316 2 ай бұрын

Slow process

@CrustyAbsconder 2 ай бұрын

The Navy is full of Manure. They could hook up a battleship to that bridge and tow it off in ten minutes

@Brett7474 2 ай бұрын

Why don't you go suggest that to the ones in charge.

@user-fu1fg4wb1b Ай бұрын

Ever try to tow a multi-million pound very long and wide anchor that is deeply embedded in the seabed, and to do so when a massive cargo ship is still impaled on it? Thank you, professor.

@h8everythingdies 2 ай бұрын

I have numerous symptoms of radiation poisoning. Twisting bones and severe burns. Rancid stench in the fog. Idiotic lunacy since hitoshima. Starting with extinction of bison. Might not be any food in the united states. Videos on channel.

@briansullivan1621 2 ай бұрын

Bring in the Union Divers !

@douglasthompson2740 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone interview the actual guys doing the work anymore? Seems all they talk to are the PR people who never get their hands dirty and have little concept of what is involved in the real work going on. Whenever the cameras show up there seems to be this group that mouths of knowing little about the day to day project but full of paperwork and hot air.

@bmorebamma 2 ай бұрын

All right mr know it all why don't you go down there 😡🤬 what a wuss😮😮

@jeffdragna316 2 ай бұрын

So sad who is responsible 😂😂😂

@GerhardYssel-kr6sd 2 ай бұрын

Why don't they blast the steel with precision blasting. There are explosives that can do this work in the military. This will save time to cut the steel?