Jury selection continues fatal dive boat fire trial

(25 Oct 2023)
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Los Angeles - 25 October 2023
1. Family members of the 34 victims of 2019 fatal boat fire approach the courthouse while wearing black
2. A family member of a boat fire victim holds a shirt in their memory
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Susana Solano Rosas, mother of fatal fire victims:
"This is my family. I love them dearly. I miss them."
4. A family member of a boat fire victim holds a shirt in their memory
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Susana Solano Rosas, mother of fatal fire victims:
"We're dressed in black for solidarity with our families that are grieving still."
6. Family members approach the courthouse carrying a collage of victims' photos
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Susana Solano Rosas, mother of fatal fire victims:
"I don't have words to explain that 34 people died because of his negligence, his not wanting to train the crew. I don't know what his reasons are."
8. Boat captain Jerry Boylan walks into the courthouse
9. Various exteriors of the courthouse
10. A collage of the victims' faces
STORYLINE:
Jury selection continues in the federal trial of the captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire in 2019, killing 34 people on board and becoming the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.

Captain Jerry Boylan is charged with one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer. He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. Wednesday is the second day of jury selection.

Opening statements are set to begin after the jury is chosen. Family members of those who died, nearly all wearing black, waited anxiously outside the courtroom as jury selection continued for a second day.

Dozens of family members have since formed "Advocacy 34" to push for strengthened boating regulations.
Opening statements were set to begin after the jury was chosen.

The boat caught fire before dawn on the final day of a three-day scuba diving excursion.

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