Mechanic, fearing collision with bulk ship, leaps from disabled small boat and drowns

摘要

A marine mechanic drowned in the Houston Ship Channel after jumping off a disabled line-handling boat when he thought a bulk carrier was about to ram it. He was not wearing a life vest.rnThe body of Danny Hopper, 31, of Houston, was found floating in the waterway four days after hisrnApril 20 encounter with the 563-foot UBC Singapore, the U.S. Coast Guard said.