I will surely never portray who exactly these three men were to everyone, but with the stakes this high I want to share a bit about MY relationship with them. Knowing that no one truly dies if they live in our memories I pushed through my fear and bring you the following. As I began to write I realized that time has faded some of the memories. When I first thought of putting together a tribute to my good friends lost on that hot August night I was afraid that I would fall short of my attempt to commemorate their beautiful lives. 23 years later- ten years ago Joe would recount the events and what was racing through his mind. The entire crew including Joe’s father Captain Cosmo Marcantonio were lost at sea in September of 1978. The sinking of Joe’s boat the Starbound happend 23 years after Joe had lost his own father to the sea in the sinking of the Gloucester Dragger the F/V Captain Cosmo. He wrote this account of the events that led up to the sinking of his boat so that his family and the families of his crewmembers would know exactly what happened. Joe trusted me and our platform GoodMorningGloucester to tell the story that had been locked away and never been told to anyone for ten years. It was six months after that fateful night ten years ago today when my cousin Joe Marcantonio sat down at his computer and wrote down exactly what happened the night his herring boat was run down by the oil tanker Virgo and his three crewmembers were lost to the sea. As you know we write 20 or so posts a day here at GMG but today there will be an unprecedented single post-this one. In honor and respect to the families who lost their loved ones ten years ago this will be the only post of the day. The Starbound sank 130 miles off Cape Ann August 5th, 2001
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