Today we explore the sinking of SS Marine Electric and the sweeping reforms that were made by this accident, saving thousands of lives (literally one example is a total of 21,000 lives!) and becoming one of the most important investigations in US Maritime History. 

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Sources:

Link to Disasters at Sea episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8905874/  

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/USCG_Marine_Casualty_Report_on_SS_Marine_Electric.pdf

https://maritimecyprus.com/2020/02/15/flashback-in-maritime-history-sinking-of-ss-marine-electric-12-february-1983-video-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Marine_Electric

https://www.weatherbug.com/news/On-This-Day-in-1983-Megapolitan-Blizzard

https://www.weather.gov/rlx/feb83

https://jayseaarchaeology.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/modern-shipwrecks-ss-marine-electric/