"If I could ask God for anything,
it wouldn't be material possessions...
it would be for good health and longevity."
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Only exposed to the oil of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup - 1989 |
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What Exhausting Work! |
"Our family was one of the first responders with our boats. I came down with petroleum pneumonia.
My father died a few years later of leukemia... it doesn't run in our family."
Second opinion? Was this actually a death by aplastic anemia?
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"Our company and crew was early responder...
we were around the water and in the water with scuba gear...
January, 2003 had my blood looked at by a lab.
You couldn't even identify the various types of blood cells
... none of them were normal"
(aplastic anemia from benzene?) *
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A young man died of his lungs filling up with fluid. He had been given an easy job... just transporting chemicals & stuff. First thought: Chemical Pneumonia... from the oil exposure... No, think again! One of those from a long line of Cordova Fishermen. At the time, they may not have called it that, but he died in 1989 from his lungs filling up with fluid. He was an early responder & would have been exposed to the oil's properties. He was found dead on the boat. I Will Always Love You Says his friend, "You know, that is really odd. We fishermen are used to fighting colds and such in that we are often exposed to the elements. He had an easy job, actually, shuttling to and from the beaches... How could this be?" Read this... it may be an answer to your question One of the experimental chemicals of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup was Corexit with some Ethylene Oxide. The information says it causes your lungs to fill up with fluid; that it is a known cancer causing agent.
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Says another, "We know his dad, he is an old time fisherman and we both like him a lot.
He
is very respectful to me and has always been good to our boys.
I did not know that he had lost a son in 1989. That makes me really sad.
He was here last summer but I can't remember the name of his boat.
I'm
glad he is going to let his kids fish his permit because
... he has got to be older that Moses
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"We come from a long line of fisher-family from Cordova... born and raised there. Mother had been fishing since 1959. When she saw the oil coming by, she said, "Son, that's the end of fishing!" I didn't understand, but the next year she sold her permit for $80,000 instead of the $180,000 it had been worth... she was one of the lucky ones. We wanted to help pick up the oil as it came passing by in the beginning. We were told... "No, stay in your own co-ordinates." (Even though there wasn't any oil to pick up where I was assigned.) You know, we fishermen that tried to help with our boats ... were just covered in oil; we slept in it, too; for days on end. No one gave us any protective gear or told us of the dangers of oil." "Now that there is supposed to be a settlement for fishermen, they are penalizing me for not fishing in the years when the fish weren't here anyway. Did you know that the herring had bent backs after the 1993 poor run? 2-7-03 |
"I found a deer with a still-born on the mountain once. 
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Before you knew it there was a helicopter over there. In the days when I grew up, a man's word was his bond. You didn't have to gather evidence. People were truth seekers and honorable.
You want to know what I think about the return of the Exxon Valdez to Prince William Sound? How would you feel if it destroyed your way of life? And all those whom I know who are struggling with big boat payments & almost no income for anything ... what a strain on families!" "My Health? I don't know." 2-7-03 (Do this homework - maybe you can get a head start?)
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