Chris Neil People Quotations

There is nothing on the tape that shows the Coast Guard in any way endangering the lives of those on board the vessel. The only ones who put those people's lives in jeopardy were the people at the controls of that boat.

The boat rolled and eventually capsized and came to rest upside down with some people clinging to the hull.

There were two alleged smugglers, and apparently they were among 14 people who were able to cling to the hull of the boat after it capsized. Eleven of those people eventually floated away -- and they did not have life jackets.