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New boots, soles blown off - the man beneath them looked peacefully asleep
New boots, soles blown off - the man beneath them looked peacefully asleep
The image of a man floating face-up with new pegged boots whose soles and heels had been blown clean away captures the random cruelty of one afternoon in San Pedro Bay; fragments of the Ada Hancock landed up to three-quarters of a mile away, yet one body appeared almost undisturbed - who could explain that contrast? What really destroyed the vessel and where did the missing money go?
In this episode, we tell the story of the Ada Hancock: who was aboard, how the harbor tender was used that day, the aftermath on the…
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