Monday, June 30

Browsing: On Watch With Peter Janssen

Federal officials are investigating whether electrical problems caused the 984-foot-long container ship Dali to lose power and crash into Baltimore’s Key Bridge at 1:30 a.m. on March 26, sending it falling into the Patapsco River and closing the harbor. The crash killed six construction workers filling pot holes on the bridge. Meanwhile, FBI agents were on the ship last week, interviewing some of the 21 crew members, investigating whether any federal laws were broken. The City of Baltimore filed a suit against almost everyone involved, and the Dali’s owner and operator filed their own suit trying to limit their damage.…

Bruce Kessler, who managed to pack three overflowing lives into one, passed away on April 4 under hospice care in his home in Marina del Rey, California, just a week after his 88th birthday and wedding anniversary with Joan Freeman; they had been together for 54 years. Kessler’s seventh floor condo was filled with memorabilia reflecting his multi-faceted life: Pictures of race cars he had driven (and crashed); posters of movies and TV shows he had directed, and maps of the 34 countries he and Joan had visited on their three-year voyage around the world. Appropriately, the condo’s terrace overlooked…

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