Victims of the fire on the Conception came from across the country, united by their love of the ocean and their spirit of exploration. These are their stories.
Neal Baltz, an engineer from Phoenix, loved wine, and loved making it.
“He’s one of those people who was an absolute pleasure to know,” Pierce said. “He went through life with joy.” “He loved so many things,” Pierce said. “He loved the ocean, he loved his dogs, he loved Patricia. We are a small community. It’s a huge loss for us.”A woman who identified herself only as Olivia and said her sister was a female crew member who died in the Conception fire, hugs Jennifer Stafford after Stafford placed flowers at a makeshift memorial at Santa Barbara Harbor.
On Friday, Finstad boarded a boat to help lead an expedition for her family’s scuba diving company. After a fire broke out on board early Monday morning, engulfing and sinking the 75-foot vessel, Finstad was among those initially unaccounted for. Finstad and her husband recently had returned from a multiyear sailing trip through the Pacific. On a blog on the company’s website, she chronicled the beauty and monotony of life on the ocean, “her colors changing, her energy moody with moon tide currents, thundering waves and glassy reflection.”
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