Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Scientists and crew of the Kilo Moana research vessel are safely back on shore today in Honolulu. The ship returned to harbor yesterday afternoon, after Pacific divers repaired a hole in the ship’s starboard hull.
Wide Eye DP, Tom Hadzor safe on shore in Honolulu
Wide Eye’s own Tom Hadzor is one of those crew members, glad to be back on solid ground. The NBC station in Honolulu managed to grab an interview with him yesterday afternoon. You can see the story, here:
Research Vessel Returns Home Safely
We are very thankful to the U.S. Coast Guard. Their quick action kept the situation under control… a situation that could have easily turned out much differently. Last October, Tom and Producer David Cuoio were on board the same ship for a two week research mission far off the coast of Samoa in the middle of the South Pacific. If the same thing had happened there… it would have been a much worse situation. With no Samoan Coast Guard to speak of, they crew most definitely would have ended up in life rafts.
We’re very glad Tom and David and the entire research crew are safe and sound in Honolulu.
