Shortly after 12:00 noon the international radio distress signal used by ships and aircraft “mayday” was picked up by Blue Reef Watersports Parasailing boat Captain Thomas “Tom” Brown aboard his boat ‘Frayed Knot’.
Just off the shores of Morning Star beach near Charlotte Amalie harbor a boat registered in Puerto Rico: The Emmual was sinking fast after hitting a treacherous reef called Triangle Reef.
Aboard the sinking vessel where nine people ... Read more