GLOUCESTER — A lawyer representing the families of two men who died when their fishing vessel sank off Gloucester in January 2009 said yesterday that relatives are not satisfied with the findings of a US Coast Guard report attributing the sinking to a loss of stability leading to a capsize.
Matteo Russo, 36, and his father-in-law, John Orlando, 58, died when their 62-foot vessel, the Patriot, sank so quickly that neither man had time to grab a life-saving device or send out an emergency signal, according to the report, which was made public Friday.
Coast Guard Captain John Healey said Friday that underwater acoustic equipment captured “loud bangs’’ on the boat that could suggest flooding when the boat lost stability.
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