Therefore, they had to reorient themselves and used the Pollock Rip Lightship to navigate. From there on out though, they were on their own with barely a clue of where they were going. They had a huge ambition to find the ship which, without out a compass, was almost impossible. However, about an hour out Bernie slows the boat sensing through the pitch black something different. One of the crew turned their spotlight on higher, suddenly the stern of the Pendleton was lit up. The rescue boat moves around the tanker not seeing any lights until suddenly on the deck lights are on. A man appeared waving his hands, but he soon disappeared to reappear again but this time with all the men aboard the stern (“The Pendleton Rescue”, 1). There were quite a few more men than the rescue crew were expecting aboard the stern. …show more content…
Then, abruptly, a Jacob's ladder was lowered and men began to climb down. Some were dunked in the ocean, others were thrown against the ship, yet almost all of the men were brought aboard the CG36500. The men would jump off the ladder and be brought safely onto the boat. The rescue boat was only designed for twelve. However, Bernie Webber was going to save all or none, so at about twenty men the boat began to slow (“The Pendleton Rescue.”, 1). Also, shortly after the last few jumpers, the ship capsized One of the last to jump, was “Tiny” Meyers. He was three hundred-fifty pounds which was too heavy to be helped out of the water. He was the only one to die from the stern section of the boat, yet it was gruesome because the waves took the CG36500 towards to Pendleton with Tiny in between (Heroic,