[george wythe]

The cables are numbered 4,3,2,1. The numbers start with 4 from the first cable at the approach end of the carrier and go down to 1.

Thank you for the clarification.

Maybe the NYT will post a correction later this week in very fine print

[mass55th]

I've been told by those, who I guess are in the know, that apparently Fox's John Scott was not correct. You might want to read some of the other postings for clarification.