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Originally Posted by IgiTang
People were hurt. Just non-life threatening. But the mental toll... Imagine being on the open ocean, your ship melting out from under you, help over a day and a half away and you and your buddies are fighting for your lives.
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Pass, I always thought that if I was going to die, I wanted to eat a bullet on Terra Firma.
What your describing would be a similar level of terror, to a pilot in a hit aircraft, or a tank crew in a burning tank.
The worst would be a crashing submarine when the pressure gets high enough to ignite the air around you and if you aren't incinerated the whole either drowning in freezing sea water or watching the Bulk heads give wold be crappy.
Like I said, I was glad that there weren't any serious injuries, any time you can walk away from a piece of burning military equipment its a good day.
I would expect it won't be long until we know specific causes. I would also think that if the fire was serious enough that they won't try to fix the Protecteur, she'll just get an early retirement.