[telstar12.5]

man likely was wearing heavy oilskins, boots, gloves, etc.

the shock of hitting cold water, and being pulled under rapidly, probably would have negated attempts to get to a belt-loop mounted sheath and knife.

i grew up on the islands off coastal Maine Not unusual to find a lobster boat circling, sans fisherman, in any given year

..dangerous work...safer to be a cop..

[Daffynition]

>>..dangerous work...safer to be a cop..<<

Paleeeeze! Safer to be a cop? What makes you think police work is dangerous? It doesn’t make the list for America’s Ten Most Dangerous Jobs.

[ansel12]

the shock of hitting cold water, and being pulled under rapidly, probably would have negated attempts to get to a belt-loop mounted sheath and knife.

Oh please... not everyone is a panicky dork, and hopefully not most men who make their living on fishing boats. You describe a sheath knife the way the media describes a pistol used in a crime, overly dramaticly and using far too many words.

[gitmo]

Statistically, being a commercial fisherman is more deadly then police work, or being a soldier.

[ansel12]

man likely was wearing heavy oilskins, boots, gloves, etc. the shock of hitting cold water, and being pulled under rapidly, probably would have negated attempts to get to a belt-loop mounted sheath and knife.

Thong Hoang Nguyen 40 years of age was from San Jose, and was in a 16 foot skiff with a woman and another man sometime after 9:00 am, summer in California.

The man was under water for about 30 minutes, until rescuers came and cut him loose.