Opinion

Commander, Navy chief weren't paying attention

Posted April 13, 2020 1:00 am

On Feb. 4, the Diamond Princess cruise ship with 3,700 passengers aboard was quarantined at Yokohama Japan with 700 infected passengers. In the days and weeks that followed, more and more cruise ships were fighting for their lives looking desperately for a port to dock and help for the sick and dying and today they still are.

So on Feb. 4, what were our commander in chief of our military and the acting secretary of the navy doing? The news of the Diamond Princess should have set off all the fire alarms and the highest red alert, to start to expedite testing on all our ships. To have a working plan in hand to deal with what was inevitably going to happen.

There is an old saying loose lips sink ships, but in this case, it would have saved sailors' lives and we pray it will also have saved Capt. Brett Crozier's life.

Capt. Brett Crozier would not have had to write that letter if the commander in chief of our military and the acting secretary of the navy were paying attention to what was happening on Feb. 4 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

Karen Fahlgren

Itacsa

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